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Climate change poses undeniable threat to national security
2015-07-30 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Having spent more than 30 years in the US Marine Corps, I know what constitutes a national security threat. Climate change, caused in large part by the carbon pollution we dump into our air, presents risks to the safety of both our nation and our world at large. The threats of climate change include extreme weather, rising sea levels, reduced military capacity, and conditions that can enable worldwide violence and perpetuate terrorism. To address this challenge, well need to both prepare for...
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Poll Finds Most Californians Say Climate Change Linked To Drought
2015-07-30 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Nearly two-thirds of Californians believe global warming is having an impact on the state`s persistent drought, sharing Gov. Jerry Brown`s environmental concerns as he presses for tougher climate change standards, according to a new statewide poll released Wednesday. The Public Policy Institute of California found that 79 percent of residents agree that global warming is either a very serious or somewhat serious threat to California`s quality of life. And across racial groups, 69 percent of Latinos...
Californians divided along party lines on combating climate change
2015-07-30 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two-thirds of Californians link the state's ongoing catastrophic drought to climate change, and most support Governor Jerry Brown's efforts to combat it but that's also because most Californians are Democrats, a new poll shows. The survey released on Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows that 64 percent of the state's residents believe that global warming has affected the state's drought, now in its fourth year. But that masks deep divisions along party lines,...
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The great injustice of climate change
2015-07-30 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Last month I attended a conference, Meeting the Challenge of Climate Justice: From Evidence to Action, hosted by Trócaire and St Patricks College, Maynooth. It was very interesting, not least because of its focus on the human rights aspect of climate change and the threat posed to the poorest people of the world. This approach to the problem of global warming is very different to that of a physicist or climate scientist, but nonetheless valid. As the evidence mounts that the emission of greenhouse...
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Food Emporium to change banners after sale
2015-07-29 22:00:23| Grocery - Topix.net
The Food Emporium supermarket at 280 Elm St. in New Canaan is being sold to ACME Markets as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by A&P, the store's current owner. ACME said they are looking to convert the store into an ACME grocery, but couldn't provide specifics about planned changes.
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