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Climate change could leave sea turtles without mates
2015-10-19 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Sea turtles might be facing an unusual problem: too many girls. Unlike a human baby, whose X and Y chromosomes determine whether it will be born a boy or a girl, a sea turtle's sex is defined during egg incubation periods. Warmer temperatures lead to a higher proportion of females while cooler conditions result in more males. A new Florida Atlantic University study published by Endangered Species Research finds that conditions such as heavier rains and temperature shifts are impacting loggerhead...
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What Is the New Climate Change Agreement For, If Not People's Rights?
2015-10-19 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The foundation on which truly resilient and fair societies can be built was defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That Declaration is the moral compass that guides the normative framework of the United Nations; the reference point for the protection of the dignity of all human beings. Signed in Paris, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the two International Covenants, adopted in 1966, do not, however, include a right to a healthy environment. As John Knox,...
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Rich Nations Failing to Do Fair Share to Fight Climate Change
2015-10-19 15:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Friends of the Earth International warned today that rich countries--those most responsible for climate change--are putting us on course for irreversible and more devastating climate change, instead of taking the urgently needed radical action to reduce their carbon emissions. Rich countries seek to shirk responsibility as #Bonn #climate talks open. Press Release: http://t.co/LP8he08Ewp pic.twitter.com/M6KrREQ3SA -- FoEScot (@FoEScot) October 19, 2015 The warning was issued as governments...
Rich nations 'not doing enough' to fight climate change
2015-10-19 08:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The United States and other rich nations are doing less than their fair share to fight climate change under a U.N. accord due in December, while China is outperforming, a report by 18 civil society groups said on Monday. Overall, governments' pledges for curbs on greenhouse gas emissions are not enough to limit a rise in temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), seen as a threshold for damaging heat waves, downpours and rising sea levels, it said. "The ambition of all major developed...
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ConAgra's Move Unlikely to Change Tax Talks or Innovation Campus Plans
2015-10-19 03:51:19| Food - Topix.net
Nebraska lawmakers say ConAgra's job cuts and their move from Omaha to Chicago is not likely to cause big changes to state tax policies. The company's move has some calling for new tax reform during next year's legislative session.
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