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Tribes have up close perspective on climate change
2016-04-24 01:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: QUINAULT tribal members can attest to the urgency of climate change from an up-close and personal perspective. Were being forced to relocate part of our village of Taholah on the Washington coast. Ocean encroachment, increasingly severe storm surges and flooding are forcing more than 1,000 of our people to permanently move to higher ground. Tribes are not primary contributors to weather changes. Blame it on industrial smoke stacks, thousands of cars that clog the freeways and exploiters who destroy...
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Leonardo DiCaprio addresses world leaders on climate change: 'The world is watching'
2016-04-23 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Leonardo DiCaprio has told leaders "the world is watching" as they sign an historic agreement to combat climate change. The actor, who used his Oscar acceptance speech in February to highlight the seriousness of climate change, addressed world leaders at the UN headquarters in New York before they signed the Paris Agreement, a treaty which requires them to cut carbon emissions. "Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong," DiCaprio said. "After...
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Climate change: Malaysia takes lead in cutting carbon
2016-04-23 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Melaka, a popular tourist destination, is one of the smallest states in Malaysia and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also no stranger to population growth and urban development. But all that comes at a price. For Melaka, the result is an increase in pollution. For years, there has been construction along the banks of the River Melaka. In addition, rubbish and raw untreated sewage were poured into it. Heavily polluted, it took 15 years of investment and cost $107m to clean up the waterway....
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Palestine is latest GOP offensive in climate change wars
2016-04-23 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Senate Republicans think theyve found a powerful way to hobble President Obama's participation in international climate diplomacy through the decades old Israel-Palestine conflict. More than two dozen GOP senators told the Obama administration this week it has to cut off the hundreds of millions in contributions to the United Nations Green Climate Fund. They are also demanding that the administration cut off its $10 million annual contribution to the UNs Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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Australia has signed the Paris climate change agreement
2016-04-23 09:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Comment: As stated, the Paris Climate Agreement will enter into force once 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global emissions have signed it. The leaders must now go back to their home countries' governments to ratify and approve the agreement, which could take months or years. "These are some of the highest targets anywhere in the world and certainly on a per capita basis we're right at the top", he told the ABC from NY on Saturday. "The Paris Agreement is a strong affirmation that diplomacy...
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