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Sen. Whitehouse Warns of 'Reckoning' on Climate Change
2015-05-19 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gave the 100th speech in his weekly climate change series on Monday, saying that there will be a reckoning on the issue. One day there will be a reckoning, the Rhode Island Democrat said. If we wake up, if we get this right, if we turn that ponderous balance of destiny in our time, it can be their reckoning. It does not have to be all of ours. It can be their shame; not the shame of our democracy. Whitehouse said he has come to the Senate floor to discuss climate...
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Will Caldwell on why it's probably too late to change real estate consumers' behavior
2015-05-19 14:10:34| Real Estate - Topix.net
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India seeks climate change roadmap from developed nations
2015-05-19 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo Asian News Service: India on Monday said developed countries should present a pre-2020 roadmap for combating climate change before the 2015 UN Climate Change conference in Paris. Addressing the Sixth Petersberg Climate Dialogue here, union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said India would like to see a Paris agreement based on trust and which was balanced and realistic. "India has emphasised that developed countries should present their ambitious targets for pre-2020 action...
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Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign new climate change agreement
2015-05-19 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown will sign a new climate change agreement with "government leaders from around the world" on Tuesday, his office announced. The agreement comes three weeks after the governor ordered new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in California. He's also been pushing for more renewable energy, lower gasoline consumption and better efficiency in older buildings. Even as Brown works to set a high bar for tackling climate change in California, he's been keenly aware of the need...
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US West's power grid must be prepared for impacts of climate change
2015-05-19 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be "climate-proofed" to diminish the risk of future power shortages, according to research by two Arizona State University engineers. Expected increases in extreme heat and drought events will bring changes in precipitation, air and water temperatures, air density and humidity, write Matthew Bartos and Mikhail Chester in the current issue of the research journal Nature Climate Change. The authors say the...
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