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Marching for Action on Climate Change, Jane Fonda Warns Against Arctic Oil Drilling
2015-07-06 01:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Take Part: Earlier this year, Grace and Frankie actor and lifelong political activist Jane Fonda urged women at the Sundance Film Festival to shame the studios for being so gender-biased. Now shes calling on the international community to shame President Obama for what she called an "inconceivable" act, according to The Hollywood Reporter: allowing Shell to drill oil in the Arctic Ocean. The practice creates the potential for an oil spill and poses significant threats to the environment and wildlife, Fonda...
Pope Francis, science and government are reframing climate change
2015-07-06 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: THE long-anticipated encyclical by Pope Francis to the world on the environment was released mid-June. The Lancet Commission, a distinguished United Kingdom-based health body, the following week released its report on health and climate change. The next day, the White House hosted a summit on the same subject. Will this unprecedented alignment of key official voices -- religious, scientific and governmental -- change the conversation on ecological destruction and whom it impacts? Pope Francis...
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Pope Clashes With Republicans Over Climate Change And Poor
2015-07-06 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Leaders in the Roman Catholic Church urged Republican presidential candidates to follow the edicts of Pope Francis and focus their attention on climate change and income inequality. Last weeks announcement from Iowa bishops is the first time a U.S. Catholic bishop has pressed politicians to listen to Pope Francis`s edicts, according to the Business Insider. He has called on political leaders to have "profound political courage." Although the Pope agrees with the traditional Republican stance...
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Canada: Actress Jane Fonda attends Toronto climate change rally
2015-07-06 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Sun: Actress Jane Fonda joined thousands of protesters at Queen's Park to call on government to do more to fight climate change. "I think that the coalition that is represented in today's march and rally ... will make a difference,' Fonda told reporters. "They are saying, 'We don't have to choose between the environment and the economy -- that is a false choice.'' Author and activist Naomi Klein and environmentalist David Suzuki were among those at the event called the March for Jobs, Justice...
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Heat Waves Europe Caused By Climate Change Says Scientists
2015-07-05 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: Experts say that the latest heat waves in Europe is "virtually certain" to be caused by climate change. This week, Germany, Spain and London all experienced the hottest July day ever recorded. A group of climate experts from universities, meteorological facilities and research teams from all around the world came up with a real-time analysis of climate data on Friday, July 4. According to the scientists, the heat waves striking Europe this week, or coined as three-day periods of excessive heat,...
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