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2 ways to limit the number of heat-related deaths from climate change
2016-06-28 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: By the 2080s, as many as 3,331 people could die every year from exposure to heat during the summer months in New York City. The high estimate by Columbia University scientists is based on a new model--the first to account for variability in future population size, greenhouse gas trajectories, and the extent to which residents adapt to heat through interventions like air conditioning and public cooling centers. Results appear online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Researchers...
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31 scientific bodies tell US Congress: Climate change is real
2016-06-28 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The idea that climate change is a vast global conspiracy -- involving everyone from Nasa and the British Met Office to Chinese government scientists and has persisted in the United States to an alarming degree. So much so that more than 180 members of Congress are believed to be climate deniers, including Senator Jim Inhofe, who once tossed a snowball to the presiding officer in February, saying: You know what this is? Its a snowball, from outside here. So its very, very cold out. Very unseasonable....
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Brexit is not a vote against climate change says UN's climate chief
2016-06-28 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britains decision to leave the European Union was not a vote against climate change, nor was it a vote against the innovation key to fighting climate change, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told an audience of business and policymakers at the annual Business & Climate summit in London today. In her last speech as the head of UNs climate change body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Figueres said, Its absolutely clear that should article 50 be triggered, the UK would have...
Could climate change affect your day fishing? Ontario researcher presents findings in Washington DC
2016-06-28 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC.ca: A Thunder Bay researcher with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has just returned from briefing Senate staff in Washington, D.C. on the potential impacts of climate change on North America's recreational fishery. The invitation to speak on Capitol Hill came from the United States Geological Survey, following his participation in a number of conferences and workshops on the issue, says Len Hunt, who holds a PhD in geography and environmental studies from Wilfrid Laurier University....
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Republican Voters Evenly Split on Climate Change, Poll Finds
2016-06-28 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Consult: Most voters, including about half of Republicans, believe the climate is changing and the federal government should step in to cut greenhouse gases, according to new polling commissioned by a group of right-leaning energy-focused organizations. The groups will present their findings Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C. According to the poll conducted by Just Win Strategies and TargetPoint Consulting, 68 percent of all respondents said they want federal government action to reduce emissions...
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