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Hillary Clinton rejects endorsement billionaire Charles Koch climate change
2016-04-25 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Hillary Clinton has swiftly shut down any suggestion that she would welcome an endorsement from wealthy Koch Industries CEO, Charles Koch. The man who has spent millions to bankroll Republicans and conservative causes - he plans to spend $900 million on the 2016 election alone - hinted that he might support Ms Clinton over the Republican candidates during an interview with ABC News. Ms Clinton posted a tweet to say she is not interested in receiving an endorsement from someone who denies...
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Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial
2016-04-25 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: US oil billionaire Charles Koch would consider supporting Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton for president, he told ABC News at the weekend. Speaking of his disgust with the Republican field, he said "it`s possible" Clinton would make a better leader. Although he added: "We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way." Clinton, who has been attacked by Democrat rival Bernie Sanders for taking campaign contributions from oil interests,...
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Role of animals in mitigating climate change varies across tropical forests
2016-04-25 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, sheds important new light on the role seed dispersal by animals plays in mitigating climate change, and how this role can vary in tropical forests across the world. In tropical forests of the Americas, Africa and South Asia, a large majority of tree species depend on animals for seed dispersal. Tree species with large seeds attain greater adult sizes than those having smaller seeds. Using simulations, the researchers showed that declines...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Makes Climate Change Speech UN Gala: No More Excuses
2016-04-25 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inqusitr: During the United Nations gala celebrating the signing of the climate change treaty, Leonardo DiCaprio took it upon himself to speak a few more words addressing the dire need for action against climate threats. "Adding Hollywood stardust to the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement on counteracting global warming, the Oscar-winning actor, who has previously spoken at the UN on climate change, gave an impassioned five-minute address first quoting Abraham Lincoln and then giving real examples...
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Climate change education appears inconsistent in Iowa
2016-04-24 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: Iowa teachers may be split on how to educate students about climate change despite strong scientific evidence of human-caused climate change, an IowaWatch survey with the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line newspaper shows. Students also have mixed opinions on the subject, the survey showed. Results of the survey of 133 science teachers from 54 public and private schools and one Area Education Agency in Iowa are anecdotal because the sample was not large enough to demonstrate a trend. But they...
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