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Asking if Cyclone Pam Was Caused by Climate Change Is Wrong Question
2015-03-17 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: When Cyclone Pam ripped through the South Pacific on Saturday morning, it not only left behind a trail of destruction on the 83-island nation of Vanuatu. In the storm's wake, political leaders around the world have used the event as an opportunity to highlight the need to address climate change and help poor, low-lying nations to adapt to rising seas and more severe weather extremes. Vanuatu's president Baldwin Lonsdale wasted little time in identifying the culprit behind his country's acute humanitarian...
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The first step in cleaning up American Apparel's 'big mess'? Embrace change
2015-03-17 23:04:29| Apparel - Topix.net
New American Apparel CEO Paula Schneider and Chairwoman Colleen Brown have been vocal about change at the struggling retailer lately. "We inherited one big mess," Brown said in an interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal .
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Republicans Hit CIA On ... Climate Change?
2015-03-17 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The budgets of both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense have landed themselves in the crosshairs of Republican budget slicers, but not for reasons you might expect: The GOP isnt happy with the money the two national security agencies are spending on climate-change research. The Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency, two of the most important agencies in our national security apparatus, currently spend part of their budget studying climate change,...
Include Climate Change in Disaster Planning, FEMA Says
2015-03-17 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Federal funds that help communities brace for emergencies will stop being provided to states if they ignore threats posed by climate change in their disaster planning. States publish reports every five years or so detailing their vulnerability to natural disasters, such as floods, storms and wildfires, and how they plan to protect themselves and recover after them. Such plans are needed in order to qualify for a share of nearly $1 billion in Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants provided every year...
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California, Quebec Teaming Up On Climate Change
2015-03-17 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: California raised $630 million by selling pollution allowances one Wednesday last month, each of them entitling the buyer to harm the climate with a ton of carbon dioxide. Most of the money that was raised during the quarterly allowance auction will be used to reduce customers' electricity bills; the rest will go to environmental projects. That same Wednesday, the Canadian province of Quebec raised $150 million doing the exact same thing. The timing was no coincidence. The auction was held jointly....
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