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Four Climate Change Questions For David Cameron
2016-01-11 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Following the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, one of its intellectual architects says it raises crucial questions for the Prime Minister ahead of his appearance before the Liaison Committee tomorrow. The Paris Agreement achieved just before Christmas represents a historic turning-point in the world's struggle to combat the threat of dangerous climate change. But any agreement is only as strong as the manner of its implementation, and attention is already now turning to how countries...
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Billionaire activist urges Obama to focus State of the Union on climate change
2016-01-11 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer pressed Barack Obama on Monday to go out with a bang and make global warming central to the message of his last State of the Union address. In a conference call with reporters, Steyer said the speech on Tuesday offered one of the last high-visibility moments for Obama to make his case to the American public for a transformation of the US energy and climate system. Related: Obama: GOP is the 'only major party in advanced world' to deny climate change ...
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Study emphasizes challenges faced marine organisms exposed to global change
2016-01-11 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The Pacific Ocean along the West Coast serves as a model for how other areas of the ocean could respond in coming decades as the climate warms and emission of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide increases. This region -- the coastal ocean stretching from British Columbia to Mexico -- provides an early warning signal of what to expect as ocean acidification continues and as low-oxygen zones expand. Now, a panel of scientists from California, Oregon and Washington has examined the dual impacts of...
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Activists who blocked oil train will argue in court it was necessary because climate change
2016-01-11 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In September 2014, five climate activists with Rising Tide Seattle managed to halt the passage of a crude oil train at the BNSF Delta rail yard in Everett, Wash. After eight hours blocking the tracks, the five were arrested and charged with criminal trespass and blocking a train. Today, they go on trial. In court, the activists - known as the Delta 5 - will argue their act of civil disobedience was necessary. A spokesperson for Rising Tide said the activists "will be the first ever to argue that...
Change to NRB January Agenda
2016-01-11 18:17:09| PortlandOnline
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