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Environmentalist accuses former Alaska AG of protecting Exxon from climate change lawsuits
2016-07-07 07:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KTUU: An Alaska environmentalist is accusing the Walker administration and a former Attorney General of trying to protect Exxon from lawsuits over climate change. Rick Steiner with the group Oasis Earth said he obtained a letter signed last month by the Attorneys General of 13 states, including previous Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. The letter urges an end to lawsuits that claim Exxon committed fraud by concealing its scientific knowledge about the impacts of climate changes. "It is outrageous...
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Climate change partly behind tough year, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association conference told
2016-07-07 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Climate change partly behind tough year, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association conference told Dairy farms in Tasmania's north-west are still dealing with the clean up from flooding in June. (Supplied: Neil Hargreaves) Milk price cut a 'triple whammy' for Tasmanian farmers Fears for new Tasmanian dairy farmers after milk price slump Map: Launceston 7250 Climate change is partly to blame for a tough year on the land, a Tasmanian farmers conference has been told. About 100 farmers attending...
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The Democrats' climate change conundrum
2016-07-07 00:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change is a top liberal priority, but that very urgency is making the issue divisive as much as unifying for Democrats. A wide rift has opened over a basic question: Just how ambitious should the Democratic Party be in trying to reduce carbon emissions and stabilize Earths climate? Dueling views emerged as supporters of Hillary Clinton faced off against fans of Bernie Sanders in crafting the partys 2016 platform. The Sanders camp is seeing the platform as a missed opportunity for...
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Bernie Sanders's Climate Change Activists Are Losing Hope
2016-07-06 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: Bernie Sanders's Climate Change Activists Are Losing Hope Greens hoping to change the Democratic Party platform are conflicted over incremental change versus urgent and drastic action. This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Shame on you. Shame! The shout rang out from the audience as the platform committee for the Democratic National Convention voted in late June. The room in St. Louis, Missouri, was so quiet...
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One of earth's most-loved species is at risk from climate change
2016-07-06 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Market Watch: Adélie Penguins, the small, flightless birds found along the Antartic coast, are gradually losing their home to climate change, according to a new report. About a third of current Adélie penguin colonies, which is about 20% of their overall population, may be in decline by 2060, according to a study published in Scientific Reports, part of the Nature journal. The direct or indirect effects of this warming are detrimental to Adélie penguin populations and could lead to population declines at...
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