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Al Gore: 2015 Paris conf will spur global climate change policies
2015-03-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas Morning News: Former Vice President Al Gore told South by Southwest festival goers Friday that he expects the United Nations climate change conference at the end of the year will be a turning point in global policy. About 190 countries are slated to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Paris at the end of the year. Though he called the 2009 conference in Copenhagen "an abysmal failure," Gore said he believed they would find success in Paris because each country will...
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On Climate Change, the Generation Gap Is Widening
2015-03-16 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tyee: Two months after Metro Vancouver's ban on organic waste in landfills came into effect, many restaurants are still unsure how to meet it. Compost bins stink. They fill up with maggots and vermin. Disposal fees can be hefty. But a start-up called Urban Stream claims to have a solution. It rents composters with a bio filter for odours. They break down food scraps into nutrient-rich worm castings, which the company then sells to local farmers. "It's logical, simple and economic," said founder Nick Hermes....
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Vanuatu's president blames climate change for extreme weather
2015-03-16 07:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The president of Vanuatu says climate change is contributing to more extreme weather conditions and cyclone seasons, after cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation. The damage from the category five storm to the island nation has been extensive, and is still being assessed as aid workers scrambled to get to affected areas on Monday morning. The official death toll remains at six, with many more injured, and is expected to rise as communication begins to be restored. Vanuatus president,...
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Climate change brings disasters on steroids
2015-03-16 04:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SMH: Australia's $5 million contribution to address the devastating impacts of Cyclone Pam is a much-needed and welcome act. But remedial responses like this are not enough. Governments must also develop more proactive tools to help mitigate the impacts of disasters in the first place, including the displacement of people from their homes. Climate change-related displacement is happening now. It is not just a future phenomenon. Reportedly 45 per cent of Tuvalu's population has been displaced by Cyclone...
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Ferguson's mayor says he is determined to stay and bring change
2015-03-16 01:39:05| Grocery - Topix.net
Mayor James Knowles III says Ferguson, Mo., is his home, and he isn't going anywhere; he intends to bring change. Mayor James Knowles III says Ferguson, Mo., is his home, and he isn't going anywhere; he intends to bring change.
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