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The 10 billion tons of coal could erase Obama's progress on climate change
2015-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Some 10.2 billion tons of coal, sitting on 106,00 acres of public land, have been authorized for sale by the Obama administration today. The Department of the Interior has released its Regional Management Plan for the Wyoming Powder River Basin, and in terms of the climate, it's ugly news. The region is home to the nation's largest coal field, and these 28 new coal leases mean a trully massive stock of pure carbon is about to be mined, for cheap. An analysis from Greenpeace notes that there are...
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Bonn U.N. talks seek to trim unwieldy climate change plan
2015-05-31 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments will try on Monday to streamline an 89-page draft text of a U.N. deal to fight climate change due to be agreed in Paris in December, hoping to avoid the acrimony of the last failed attempt. The 190-nation talks among senior officials in Bonn, from June 1-11, will try to narrow down vastly differing options, ranging from promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 to vague pledges to curb rising emissions. The talks are to prepare for a conference in Paris in six months'...
Children the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, doctors say
2015-05-31 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The sick, the elderly and the young have long been identified as vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change. But a new report by independent health advocacy organisation Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), suggests children and paediatric health services could be most at risk. It calls for a commitment to strong targets and leadership in the upcoming global climate negotiations in Paris, a transition to renewable energy, curtailment of fossil fuel burning and a national...
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What is your climate change business plan?
2015-05-31 06:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: SHigh quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5c6b73e-0390-11e5-a70f-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz3bhUTP2wS hortly before Nelson Mandela passed away, I had a chance to ask FW de Klerk, his predecessor as South African president, what impact the anti-apartheid divestment campaign...
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Pope Francis' climate change encyclical expected to make global impact
2015-05-30 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Haven Register: Pope Francis much anticipated encyclical about climate change will make a major impact throughout the Roman Catholic Church and beyond, propelled by the severity of the issue and the popes personal popularity, say religious and environmental leaders in Connecticut. According to Mary Evelyn Tucker, who teaches in Yales schools of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Divinity and Law, This is the most important thing that will happen in our lifetime on the environment. Tucker, a Catholic, coordinates...
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