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Call for national leaders combat issue of climate change
2015-07-05 01:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Peterborough Examiner: About 50 community members gathered at Confederation Square on Saturday, asking for a transition to a clean, justice-based economy that recognizes the limitations of the climate. They joined several other communities across the country, from Vancouver to St. Johns, taking action for Jobs, Justice and the Climate to show leaders in this election year that they wanted them to support actions that would combat climate change while providing increased opportunity for local employment. One of those...
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New Zealand: Raise climate change at UN, say Greens
2015-07-04 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: The Green Party says the Government should use its presidency of the United Nations Security Council to highlight the threat climate change poses to peace and security. New Zealand is chairing the Security Council this month. Kennedy Graham says the survival of small island states are at stake. Green Party's global affairs spokesperson Kennedy Graham said New Zealand has already made the security of small island states the subject of the Open Debate later this month. He said the biggest...
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Climate change protesters bury their heads in the sand
2015-07-04 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UTV: More than 100 protesters have buried their heads in the sand at a Dublin beach to highlight the lack of government action on climate change. Some 150 demonstrators of all ages gathered on Sandymount Strand on Saturday morning to carry out the unusual protest. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this November, Stop Climate Chaos say it is time for the government to take environmental issues "seriously' before the major talks "that will decide the future of global...
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Obama: Good job addressing climate change, Florida Keys
2015-07-04 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Florida Keys Keynoter: The return address on a letter commending Monroe County for its climate-change efforts raised eyebrows. "To get that fancy envelope with 'The White House' stamped on it -- that doesn't happen every day," County Administrator Roman Gastesi said Wednesday. "Congratulations on your selection as a White House Climate Action Champion," says the letter signed by President Obama and addressed to county Mayor Danny Kolhage. "As we face the growing threat of extreme weather and climate change, we must...
Once hailed solution climate change, carbon capture & storage is not happening'
2015-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is backed by governments and the International Energy Agency (IEA) as one of the best methods of reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and saving the planet from overheating. The problem is that despite this enthusiasm and the fact that CCS (also called carbon sequestration) is technically possible, it is not happening. It is cheaper and easier to build wind and solar farms to produce electricity than it is to collect and store the carbon from coal-powered...
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