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Utilities Gather to Address California Renewables Sea Change
2016-03-09 21:53:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Key Players in Massive Energy Revolution Confer Financial, strategic and technological hurdles of massive green push read more
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Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
2016-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos Pardo Villamizar, warmer climates may have triggered the emergence and subsequent spread of the Zika virus by making more of the world habitable for the Aedes aegypti...
US, Canada reveal new climate change goals
2016-03-09 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: US president Barack Obama and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau will sign off on a series of climate measures when they meet on Thursday say officials. There are a number of areas of potential co-operation, lead US climate envoy Todd Stern told reporters in a briefing call this week. These include a commitment to reduce methane emissions by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 in the oil and gas sector, he said. Further carbon slashing measures including boosting clean electricity...
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Climate Change To 'Destroy' Vital Food Supplies In Africa: Scientists
2016-03-08 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ValueWalk: African governments need to take immediate action to help poor farmers adapt to the climate change. Rising temperatures are destroying vital food supplies in Africa, said Julian Ramirez-Villegas of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Without action, it will be impossible to grow several staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers need to replace crops Climate change will make unsuitable vast swathes of areas growing crops like maize, beans...
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NSW Liberals call for national debates on climate change science
2016-03-08 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Changes to economic policy and the involvement of women are key to fighting climate change says Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The NSW Liberals have formally called on the Turnbull government to conduct public debates about climate change - including whether the science is settled - in a stark reminder of the deep divisions within the party over the issue. A motion passed at the party's state council calls on the government to "arrange and...
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