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Pharrell brings "Happy" message on climate change to UN
2015-03-21 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: About 1,200 middle school children trudged through the latest snow storm to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday evening to hear hip hop singer and producer Pharrell Williams talk about climate change. The U.N. sponsored the event, along the U.N. Foundation and MixRadio, to celebrate International Day of Happiness, established by the world organization in 2012. It transformed a normally conflict-focused, staid venue into a dramatically "happy" environment with a clear message: The next...
World's Most Iconic Ecosystems May Collapse Under Climate Change
2015-03-21 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers warn that without better local management, some of the world's most iconic ecosystems may collapse under climate change. It is well known that corals in the Great Barrier Reef, for example, are diminishing due to ocean acidification, and that the Amazon rainforest has been suffering from drought over the last decade. But in order to combat such climate change-related threats, we need to reduce the other pressures they face - for example, overfishing, fertilizer pollution or land clearing....
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Answers Sought After Reports Of 'Climate Change' Ban
2015-03-21 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: An environmental group wants Florida`s inspector general to check out reports of an unwritten policy prohibiting state agencies from using the terms "climate change" and "global warming." About a dozen members of the group Forecast the Facts, many appearing with their mouths covered by duct tape emblazoned with the words "climate change," dropped off about 43,000 electronically signed petitions Friday with the receptionists at Gov. Rick Scott`s Capitol office. The petitions ask the state`s...
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'We only have one home' Pharrell Williams urges action climate change
2015-03-21 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It's time to go "from climate change to climate action" in efforts to save the planet, U.S. pop star Pharrell Williams said at the United Nations on Friday. Singer-producer Williams, 41, partnered with the United Nations Foundation on the International Day of Happiness to raise awareness and call for more action on climate change. "If you look at our behavior is hard to believe were all aware we only have one planet," Williams said in a General Assembly hall crowded with young people. "My...
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Florida Staffer Was Reprimanded for Talking About Climate Change
2015-03-20 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A Florida Department of Environmental Protection land manager says he was sent home and formally reprimanded for speaking about climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline at an inter-agency meeting last month. The Tallahassee Democrat reported on the disciplinary measures Thursday, following a complaint filed on the employee's behalf by the Florida chapter of the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. Bart Bibler, a land management plan coordinator, was served with...
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