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California Leads the Way on Climate Change
2015-10-14 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: On the whole, state governments, especially those with Republican-dominated legislatures, have been remarkably passive and uninventive in recent years on the matter of climate change. Indeed, at least a dozen states have challenged the Obama administrations new rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and have vowed to do everything they can to see it overturned in court. And then there is California, which stands apart in its commitment to a healthier, cleaner and less carbon-intensive...
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Climate Change Emerges as Campaign Theme
2015-10-14 16:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The Democratic hopefuls for president vowed to embrace forceful measures to combat climate change in their curtain-raising debate last night without explaining how they would enlist the help of Republican lawmakers needed to enact their ambitious plans. Four of the five candidates raised the climate issue in their opening statements, marking a clear contrast to the 2012 presidential election, when President Obama largely avoided the topic. One analyst described the debate as a symbol of growing...
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Bringing Republicans to the climate change table
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The climate has been changing forever. It will continue to change. Some scientists believe that humans have a direct impact on it. But trying to curb carbon emissions to slow the change could destroy the economy, eliminate millions of jobs and cast Americans into poverty. Stories from Our Advertisers This is whats known today as the moderate Republican position on climate change, held by presidential hopefuls like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie. Then there are Republicans like James...
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It's Wonderful to Watch Democrats Compete Over Climate Change
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: Climate change has officially entered prime-time politics. In the initial moments of this year's first Democratic presidential primary debate, four of the five candidates raised the issue in their opening statementsa stark contrast not only to the Republican candidates, who hardly mentioned climate change at all in their two debates to date, but also to previous election cycles. In the past, climate change has barely rated more than a passing mention from candidates of either party. At best, it's...
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Mexico Challenges Other Nations to Act Boldly against Climate Change
2015-10-14 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Where some are planning walls, others are planning windows. Or rather, pipelines. Across the dusty 1,954-mile border between Mexico and the United States, international companies are gearing up to spend more than $10 billion on thousands of miles of steel tubes carrying cheap natural gas from Texas to hungry markets on the other side of the Rio Grande. The recent surge in natural gas investment is just one element of the colossal changes underway in Mexicos energy portrait. Fracturing monopolies,...
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