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U.S. needs to take the lead in climate change
2016-04-27 21:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Election seasons are, by their very nature, polarizing you have to choose one side of another. As we all certainly know, this one is no exception. That is why we were pleased to see an important bit of bridge-building taking place amid the seasons rancor, especially because it involves an issue that usually elicits some of the most partisan rhetoric of any climate change. Sen. Lindsay Graham, a Republican from South Carolina marked Earth Day by leading a bi-partisan group of Senators in...
Denmark considers tax on beef, other red meats to combat climate change
2016-04-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News: Denmark considers tax on beef, other red meats to combat climate change Critics of traditional farming methods argue that raising cattle has led to dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions. (AP) The price of porterhouse may soon get beefed up in Denmark-- if the small Scandinavian nations Council on Ethics has its way. The council, an independent body that advises the government, said this week that Danes have an ethical obligation to fight climate change. And to push them to do that,...
Climate change threatens health of Pacific island nations
2016-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Circle of Blue: In the urgent campaign to cut carbon emissions and curb global warming, perhaps the most poignant call to action are images of rising sea levels gnawing away at isolated, low-lying Pacific islands where citizens could lose their countries. But long before the last scraps of land succumb to the great ocean, fiercer storms brought on by climate change could hobble the health infrastructure of island nations and exact a steep toll in human lives, according to a study published this week in the American...
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Water and Climate Change
2016-04-27 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Aerial view of Jaguari Reservoir which is part of Brazil's Cantareira system (the largest system of public water supplies in Latin America) which provides fifty percent of Sao Paulo's drinking water. Representatives of the more than 150 countries meeting in New York on April 22 for the symbolic signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change can justly celebrate a historic moment. Phasing out global greenhouse gas emissions this century and holding global average warming to "well-below" 2°C...
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Can the US rediscover rail to tackle climate change?
2016-04-27 11:00:00| Railway Technology
In the run-up to Decembers climate summit in Paris, US intercity rail operator Amtrak signed up to the International Union of Railways Climate Responsibility Pledge, which commits countries to place rail at the heart of their transport master plans
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