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Climate change: UN backs fossil fuel divestment campaign
2015-03-15 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UN organisation in charge of global climate change negotiations is backing the fast-growing campaign persuading investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. It said it was lending its moral authority to the divestment campaign because it shared the ambition to get a strong deal to tackle global warming at a crunch UN summit in Paris in December. We support divestment as it sends a signal to companies, especially coal companies, that the age of burn what you like, when you like cannot...
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Understanding science of climate change & recognizing misinformation
2015-03-15 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: A man walks into a room carrying a snowball. Although it sounds like the start to a joke, no one should be laughing when that man is Sen. James Inhofe and he is exhibiting the snowball on the floor of the U.S. Senate as evidence that global climate change is not occurring. The Republican senator from Oklahoma is infamous for denying well-established climate change science, a frightening reality considering he is chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and charged with...
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Climate change could damage quality and raise cost of produce, study finds
2015-03-15 00:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Future generations may have to make do with more expensive and poorer quality produce, including meat and dairy, because of the impact of climate change, according to new research. A study of the impact of climate change on 55 foods grown in Australia, found the quality of beef and chicken may plummet, and carrots could change taste for the worse. The report by researchers at the University of Melbourne said Australias dry deserts will become hotter, heavy rain will increase in areas like...
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Lake Tahoe: Drought, climate change threatening winter, way of life at iconic landmark
2015-03-14 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: There's something disconcerting about life at Lake Tahoe these days. It's still winter, but visitors are renting bikes instead of snowshoes and kayaks instead of skis. Come summer -- without last-ditch torrential rains -- the lake level is expected to be at such a historic low that some marinas will have to dredge for boats to launch. Jumping off the end of a pier could result in a rock-hard landing. California's epic drought, entering its perilous fourth year, has combined with a pattern of...
Cyclone Pam and climate change: Are the Pacific Islands ready?
2015-03-14 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: At least eight people have been killed after one of the most powerful cyclones to hit the Pacific Ocean tore through the islands of Vanuatu early Saturday, multiple news outlets reported. Packing winds up to 270 kilometers (168 miles) per hour, Cyclone Pam blew down or destroyed homes and cut off power, water, and communication lines, especially on the archipelagos outer islands, The Associated Press reported. As of Saturday, eight have been reported dead, but aid workers have said it could...
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