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Youths Who Sued the State Over Climate Change (and Won) Are Going Back to Court "as Soon as Possible"
2016-06-02 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Stranger: On Wednesday, the Washington State Department of Ecology released an updated draft of the Clean Air Rule, a reintroduced plan to make the state's biggest polluters cut their greenhouse gas emissions that was retracted earlier this year. The new draft, as the Seattle Times noted yesterday, makes concessions to industry groups, and aims to cut carbon emissions from 70 Washington businesses by 1.7 percent annually. But for one group of people deeply invested in the state's climate goals, the new...
AG won't yield climate change documents
2016-06-02 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: New Yorks attorney general has refused to send requested documents about his investigation into Exxon Mobil to a congressional committee, saying Congress lacks jurisdiction over state law enforcement. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told Republican U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texan who chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, that his letter request May 18 was based on incorrect statements about what hes doing and raises serious constitutional concerns. Smith and 12 other...
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Solar Voters Could Change Australias Government
2016-06-02 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Research published by Solar Citizens suggests that in Australia the number of voters with solar panels installed on their houses is higher than the number of voters required to change the current MP in an area. Research shows that 80 per cent of Australias federal constituencies contain voters with solar panels on their roofs. Solar Citizens are urging major parties to improve their stance on renewable energy. The Solar Scorecard analysis was compiled using detailed postcode data published by the...
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Water departments to change lead-testing methods after investigation
2016-06-02 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Water departments that use controversial lead-testing practices have told the Guardian they will change their methods after an investigation revealed they were not following environmental guidelines. Most of the water departments involved said they used the testing methods because state governments told them to, federal guidance was not clear, or they had not received any word that practices may underestimate lead content. The investigation into lead testing methods comes after the lead contamination...
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Climate Change Pokes Through the Front Lawn
2016-06-02 12:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Signs of climate change are poking up through the lawn in southeastern Virginia's coastal Hampton Roads region. Skip Stiles points to a leafy green seedling growing taller than the mowed grass in the manicured front yard of a handsome Norfolk home near one of the city's many inlets. "Saltbush. It grows at the upper edge of the tidal range," he said. Stiles heads Wetlands Watch, a local environmental group. In khaki pants and a plaid shirt, the gray-haired Stiles belongs in an L.L. Bean clothing...
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