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On climate change, Trudeau pulls a bait-and-switch
2015-11-30 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Sun: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting a lot of love from climate change campaigners these days simply because he doesn't insult them. The last prime minister -- that would be Stephen Harper, of course -- had a natural resources minister that talked about "environmentalists and other radical groups" who would "hijack our regulatory system." One of Harper's public safety ministers tabled anti-terrorism legislation that specifically identified environmentalists as a threat. It was all part of a...
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Why climate change hope is not misplaced: Tim Harper
2015-11-30 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: It was 13 years ago. Jean Chrétiens government ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the Liberal prime minister proclaimed Canada is a good citizen of the world. It was four years ago. Stephen Harpers Conservatives pulled Canada out of the protocol. Kyoto, for Canada, is in the past, said his environment minister, Peter Kent. After more than a decade of spinning our wheels or worse on climate change, why is there hope a new Liberal government under Justin Trudeau and a new cast of provincial...
Paris Deal Would Herald Important First Step on Climate Change
2015-11-29 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama and more than 100 world leaders will convene with thousands of diplomats on Monday on the outskirts of Paris to open two weeks of intense negotiations aimed at forging an accord that could begin to avert the most devastating effects of global warming and redefine the economy of the 21st century. Here is a guide to what is at stake. If the talks fail as they did in two previous attempts to achieve such a deal then nations will continue on a trajectory that scientists say locks...
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Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Ignite Fresh Climate Change Concerns Report
2015-11-29 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Scientists have warned that shrinking Himalayan glaciers have initiated a pattern of potentially disastrous lake formations that could imperil settlements downstream in the event of an unanticipated overspill. New research has sparked fresh climate change concerns among scientists after a visiting team of researchers disclosed some extraordinary findings. The eastern and central Himalayan region, home to nine out of 10 world`s loftiest peaks including Mount Everest has been experiencing a rapid...
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"No Planet B", marchers worldwide tell leaders before UN Climate Change Conference
2015-11-29 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DNA: More than half a million people from Australia to Paraguay joined the biggest day of climate change activism in history on Sunday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris, there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. In the French capital, where demonstrations were banned by the authorities after attacks by Islamic State militants killed 130 people on November 13, activists laid out more than 20,000 shoes in the Place de la Republique to symbolize absent marchers on...
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