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Will Australia's new prime minister do better on climate change?
2015-09-14 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: Australia's controversial prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been ousted from office by his own party, the center-right Liberals. He has been replaced with Malcolm Turnbull, a former lawyer and journalist, who has promised voters a "thoroughly Liberal' government, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, replete with "new economic vision committed to freedom, the individual, and the market.' Those are troubling words for anyone familiar with Australia's policy on climate change in recent years. The...
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PG&E Applauds Passage Of Senate Bill 350; Important Next Step To Address Climate Change
2015-09-14 03:38:28| pollutiononline News Articles
Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently thanked the Governor and the legislative authors of Senate Bill 350 for their vision and commitment in ensuring that California continues to lead the nation in significantly reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
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Climate change and mass migration
2015-09-14 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Sir, As the world watches, debates and, hopefully, responds to the refugee crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean, it may be worthwhile reflecting that this current wave of migration is simply a taste of things likely to come within the next few decades. Over 50 per cent of humanity now lives within a few kilometres of the sea, and most of the worlds major cities are on the coast and already liable to flooding. It is now overwhelmingly accepted that, as global climate change continues, many coastal...
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Canada: B.C. needs think globally on climate change, group warns
2015-09-14 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: In the grips of a record drought, with our forests burning and our salmon rivers running as warm as tap water, British Columbians are acutely aware that climate change is a big problem. It could be argued the province is doing more than most about it, having implemented a carbon tax as early as 2008, and with Premier Christy Clark last spring appointing a climate leadership team to provide advice on "how to maintain B.C.'s climate leadership." But a new paper by the Environmental Law Centre...
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We have skills, ability address climate change, Naomi Klein says
2015-09-14 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guelph Mercury: The situation is critical, but the tools and knowledge exist to address climate change, author, journalist, activist and filmmaker Naomi Klein told a large and enthusiastic audience in Guelph on Saturday. What is needed is a willingness by politicians and big business to utilize them, Klein said. What she called "a transformative agenda." "The scientists are telling us clearly that we must change and that we are running out of time. The engineers are telling us we can do it, that the technology...
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