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'Radical transition' of economy needed to curb climate change: Study
2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Harmful impacts of global warming such as heat waves and sea level rise are mounting and show a need for a "radical transition" to a greener economy, a study presented at U.N. climate talks said on Tuesday. Damage is growing even though average temperatures have risen only 0.85 degree Celsius (1.5 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, less than half the 2C set as a maximum acceptable rise by almost 200 nations, it said. "Negative impacts are not only something in the future they are something...
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Press Release: NFU Asks Appropriations Subcommittee to Include Funds for Global Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
2015-06-02 22:30:07| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org NFU Asks Appropriations Subcommittee to Include Funds for Global Climate Change Mitigation Efforts WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today called for amendments to the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill allocating money to the Green Climate Fund,
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European executives take lead in fighting climate change
2015-06-02 19:16:03| Chemicals - Topix.net
The top European oil companies unveiled their strategy for addressing climate change on Monday, but unfortunately the Americans are too tied to rightwing politics to take a leadership role. The unprecedented move by BP Plc, Eni SpA, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Statoil ASA, Total SA and BG Group Plc to promote natural gas as an alternative to coal and to embrace a global carbon tax to reduce emissions demonstrates both a respect for science and public opinion.
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Analysis: That time when Lindsey Graham was (almost) all-in climate change
2015-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: As the latest announced presidential candidate, Lindsey Graham parts ways with many of his Republican rivals. He thinks climate change is real. In January, he was even one of five GOP Senators to side with Democrats on a non-binding vote on whether or not "human activity significantly contributes to climate change." He`s recently even agreed with President Obama, declaring in a 2010 Senate floor speech that "a low-carbon economy is a safer America, a cleaner America, and I think, a more prosperous...
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India minister blames climate change deadly heatwave, weak monsoon
2015-06-02 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's earth sciences minister has blamed climate change for a heatwave that has killed 2,500 people and for deficient monsoon rains, after the government said on Tuesday the country was headed for its first drought in six years. "Let us not fool ourselves that there is no connection between the unusual number of deaths from the ongoing heat wave and the certainty of another failed monsoon," Harsh Vardhan said. "It's not just an unusually hot summer, it is climate change," he said. The minister's...
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