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Barack Obama optimistic of reaching climate change deal at Paris summit
2015-11-18 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US president Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was optimistic an elusive deal to contain global warming could be forged at an upcoming crunch summit in Paris, and insisted an ambitious deal would boost a flagging world economy. In a speech to an Asia-Pacific business conference in the Philippines, Obama said there was still a lot of work to do to ensure success at the United Nations summit. Nevertheless, Im optimistic that we can get an outcome that were all proud of, because we understand...
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Senate Blocks Obamas Climate Change Rules
2015-11-18 02:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Senate voted on Tuesday to block President Obamas tough new climate change regulations, hoping to undermine his negotiating authority before a major international climate summit meeting in Paris this month. The Senate resolution, which passed 52 to 46, would scuttle a rule that would significantly cut heat-trapping carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. That Environmental Protection Agency rule, released in August, is the centerpiece of Mr. Obamas efforts to address climate...
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'Changing the rules of the game' on collaborative climate change research
2015-11-18 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: To do effective climate change research, scientists need to collaborate with local participants. And a new U of T study argues that those participants should be rewarded for the valuable input they provide. "If we value their knowledge and want them to engage in climate change research to the extent that's required, we need to compensate stakeholders more than we have," says Nicole Klenk, an assistant professor in U of T Scarborough's Department of Physical and Environmental Science. "We need...
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Could Climate Change Trigger Another Genocide?
2015-11-18 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Standard: Comparing someone or something to Hitler has become something of a running joke, but then again, those hyperventilated comparisons usually come from anonymous cranks in online chat rooms. When a true expert like Yale Universitys Timothy Snyder says that climate change could bring on conditions similar to those that led to the Holocaust, you sit up and listen. onEarth talked to the history professor about his new book, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, climate change, and the lessons...
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Energy policy shift will put tackling climate change on backburner
2015-11-18 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy secretary, Amber Rudd, is to reset Britains energy policy on Wednesday in a direction that downgrades tackling climate change from its highest priorities but commits to closing all traditional coal-fired plants by 2025. In her biggest speech in the job, Rudd will say she wants policy to focus on making energy affordable and secure. She will say the aim is a consumer-led, competition-focused energy system that has energy security at the heart of it, and will suggest the balance has...
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