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Trickle-down politics: Drought could force real change among city, state leaders
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It's something of a relief, if a mixed one, that the drought has surged into the role of the latest scourge to freak out California. It's a relief in the sense that it means that the California economy, so recently frighteningly rocky, has receded as the top-billed problem facing the state, even if the recovery is more patchy and vulnerable than anyone might wish. But it's mixed, of course, because the drought carries its own dangers, and the ultimate solution - rain - remains wholly out of...
Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and the coal industry. The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, a 9 percent increase over a previous proposal, a White House fact sheet said on Sunday. The regulation is aimed...
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Climate change imperils an entire UK ecosystem
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The UK may still be fairly well sheltered from the impacts of climate change, but British scientists now say the increasingly warm trend is threatening an entire eco-system. They have found that several rare upland bird species are at risk, together with other ecosystem functions, because of the effects of climate change on the UKs blanket bogs - the peat bogs found mainly in the wetter western and northern uplands of Britain. Following their study of uplands from mid-Wales to northern England,...
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Young Asia-Pacific Scientists Tackle Climate Change Challenges
2015-08-03 06:47:25| pollutiononline Home Page
Science, innovation and technology officials from APEC member economies have identified twelve young scientists in the Asia-Pacific region whose cutting-edge research is leading the way in the fight against climate change
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Australia's leaders 'wilfully blind' about climate change, says former NAB chief
2015-08-03 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias political leaders are wilfully blind to the challenge of climate change, with the country at risk from an economically reckless reliance upon fossil fuels, the former head of the National Australia Bank has warned. Cameron Clyne, who was chief executive of NAB from 2009 until he stood down last year, said he doesnt think any of us have grasped quite how revolutionary the emergence of renewable energy will be, warning that Australia cannot continue to be wedded to carbon-heavy...
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