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Millions face hunger due to climate change, 'super El Nio': Oxfam
2015-10-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least 10 million poor people face hunger this year and next because of droughts and erratic rains linked to record global temperatures and an expected "super" version of the evolving El Nino weather pattern, aid charity Oxfam has warned. In Ethiopia alone, 4.5 million people need food aid because a combination of El Nino and long-term climate change has made the rainy season more unpredictable, according to United Nations agencies. El Nino, caused by Pacific Ocean warming, leads to dry weather...
Climate Change Calif Passes a Tipping Point
2015-10-01 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: With Californians crossing their fingers in hopes of a super El Nio to help end the state's historic drought, California's water agency just delivered some startling news: for the first time in 120 years of record keeping, the winter average minimum temperature in the Sierra Nevada was above freezing. And across the state, the last 12 months were the warmest on record. This explains why the Sierra Nevada snow pack that provides nearly 30% of the state's water stood at its lowest level in at least...
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Food, beverage industry CEOs call for meaningful deal on climate change at UN conference
2015-10-01 02:48:42| Beverages - Topix.net
The CEOs of several major food and beverage companies are calling on world leaders to push for a meaningful agreement at the United Nation's conference on climate change later this year in Paris. The 10 companies, including cereal maker General Mills and candy maker Mars Inc., will run an open letter as a full-page ad in the Financial Times and Washington Post on Thursday.
The Republican Businessman Who Wants GOP To Address Climate Change
2015-09-30 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Republican candidates need to get on board with addressing climate change, and voters will follow. That's the message Republican businessman Jay Faison of North Carolina is pushing - and he's putting his money behind it. A new poll commissioned by Faison's organization, ClearPath, found a majority of Republicans - 56 percent - believe in climate change and say that man plays some role in it. Fifty-four percent of conservative Republicans agree with that. And, Faison said, Republican presidential...
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Republican Majority Sees Climate Change as Threat
2015-09-29 23:47:00| Transmission & Distribution World
72 percent of GOP Voters Support Renewables Push A majority of Republicans now view climate change as a threat. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans want to see accelerated deployment of renewables. And that is according to Republican pollsters. You read it here first in the Energy Times - if not earlier in today's New York Times. read more
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