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UN climate change chief steps down after historic Paris deal
2016-02-19 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The UNs climate chief said on Friday she will step down in July, at the end of a six-year term, and praised governments for reaching a 195-nation deal in Paris in December to shift the world economy from fossil fuels to cleaner energies. Christiana Figueres, a 59-year-old Costa Rican, said she would not accept any extension of her term as head of the Bonn-based UN Climate Change Secretariat after what she called the historic Paris Agreement. We now move into a phase of urgent implementation,...
Scientists Pinpoint Areas Most Sensitive To Climate Change
2016-02-19 16:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The prairie regions of central Asia and North America, rainforests in Central America and South America, and eastern Australia all have one thing in common: They are among the most sensitive land ecosystems on Earth when it comes to climate change. That's according to new research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday that identified where around the world vegetation has responded most to climate fluctuations. "What this approach now enables us to to do is to start to identify the most...
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Members of Congress call investigation of Shell over climate change
2016-02-19 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A Southern California congressman and two other representatives are calling for an investigation of Shell Oil over whether it deceived the public on climate change at the same time it was preparing its business operations for rising sea levels. In a Feb. 17 letter to U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch, the three members of Congress said growing evidence suggests there may have been "a conspiracy between Shell, Exxon Mobil and potentially other companies in the fossil fuel industry." U.S. Rep. Ted...
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BPS News: Motivate change in your community become a Master Recycler
2016-02-18 23:22:39| PortlandOnline
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Carving up Canada's climate change burden
2016-02-18 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Macleans: The December trip to Paris for the UN climate conference was lots of fun for ministers. It felt great to be among the climate change good guys again. But now its February in Ottawa and reality is sinking in. They made a big promise in Paris and people are wondering how they are going to meet it. Or if, as with so many of our past climate change promises, Canada has neither the intention nor capacity to walk the talk. The challenge facing Ministers is significant. The 2030 target is 524 Mt, a...
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