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Former Las Vegas Water Czar Now is Climate Change Fellow at Think Tank Brookings
2014-05-05 23:50:49| ENR.com: Headline News
New dean at big NJ engineering school; Foulger-Pratt president takes new executive role at Tishman.
How Extreme Weather Convinced Obama to Fight Climate Change
2014-05-05 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Climate change is on the president's brain these days--after years of pushing the issue to the bottom of the agenda, it looks like a bitter taste of the apocalyptic finally bumped it up. The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin took a long look at how the Obama administration is approaching global warming, and found that the president is suddenly devoting large swaths of his time to the issue. He's receiving a stream of science briefings, scheduling meetings with governors to push for policy, and...
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Climate Change Forecast to Worsen U.S. Ozone Pollution
2014-05-05 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Americans across the country face a 70 percent increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050, find scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder working with one of the world's most powerful computers. This is because warmer temperatures, higher atmospheric levels of methane, and other atmospheric impacts of a changing climate, spur chemical reactions that form ground-level ozone. "It doesn't matter where you are in the United States -- climate change has the potential...
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If Concerned About Climate Change, You Should Support Nuclear Power
2014-05-05 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: I used to be anti-nuclear. But, several years ago I had to reevaluate my thinking because if you agree with the worlds leading climate scientists that global warming is real and must be addressed immediately then you cannot simply oppose clean, low-carbon energy sources. As a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, I have long championed clean air and the need to limit the dangerous pollutants...
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US seeing impact climate change, warns major new report
2014-05-05 10:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Scientists in the US are preparing to unveil the National Climate Assessment (NCA), which outlines the threats that people in the US are already facing because of climate change, in an effort to guide the Obama administrations climate and energy policies. The report, compiled by more than 240 authors, is said to be the most exhaustive study on the effects of climate change in the US. It will be formally presented at the White House on Tuesday and will provide president Barack Obama with guidance...
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