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Human-caused climate change made extreme weather worse in 2014
2015-11-08 01:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forex Report: Data in all three countries suggests that Catholics are backing Pope Francis`s Encyclical released in June, titled Laudato Si, which argues that "climate change is a global problem with grave implications". "Greenland Is Melting Away": a video and essay of scientists` studying the Greenland ice sheet, from the New York Times this week. Lee also identified the "power of the purse" as another constitutional power Congress should use to make sure President Obama does not commit the United States...
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United Kingdom: The Observer view on Tories' shameful record on climate change
2015-11-08 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: President Obama reputedly remarked of the forthcoming UN climate change summit: Im dragging the rest of the world behind me to Paris. Later this month, 149 nations will congregate to agree national targets for reducing carbon emissions. But Britain, once regarded as a global leader, has relegated itself to the ranks of those reluctantly being pulled along in Obamas wake. Since the election, the government has performed a series of dizzying U-turns on its green policies. It has announced cuts...
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NY State Investigates ExxonMobil Climate Change Research
2015-11-08 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: New York's attorney general is investigating allegations that Texas-based ExxonMobil Corporation, the world's largest energy company, suppressed evidence of its own researchers linking fossil fuel emissions to climate change. Investigators may also look into the company's support for political lobbying and public information campaigns that called climate change research into question. Tracy Hester, a legal expert at the University of Houston, said the investigation centers on what the company...
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NGO calls for strategies to tackle climate change
2015-11-07 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPP: There is need to lay down strategies and actions to tackle climate change and advance gender equality and human rights in the upcoming COP21 Climate Change Conference expected to kick off on November 30 and enf on December 11, this year, in Paris, Care International-Tanzania has urged. The organization believes that tackling climate change and reducing gender inequality are central in building a fair and sustainable world where all enjoy human rights. In a statement availed to the media, Care International...
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Oil companies and climate change: who should pay?
2015-11-07 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Environmentalists say a groundbreaking investigation in New York involving energy giant ExxonMobil could have implications for Canadian oil producers. The state's attorney general is looking into allegations the company lied to the public and investors about the risks of climate change. "This is the thin edge of the wedge," says Keith Stewart, climate and energy campaign coordinator for Greenpeace. "Similar to tobacco -- it took time for these court cases to kick in, but once they did, the...
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