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Inside GOP science policy, climate change
2015-03-05 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In Part 3 of our interview with Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), we turn to climate change, which is surely the most politically contentious topic under his jurisdiction as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on commerce, justice and science. Culberson, who represents the Houston area, long has played a role in legislative policymaking on climate change. Among other positions, he's opposed to cap-and-trade programs. His approach to climate change legislation emerged most...
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Anheuser-Busch hits out over Kentucky distributor rule change
2015-03-05 15:50:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Anheuser-Busch has branded a bill that would force the company to sell its two distributors in the US state of Kentucky as a "full-scale attack on a good corporate citizen".
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Europe blazes trail against climate change
2015-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: AS CHAOS from climate change ramps up in the coming decades, making floods, droughts and heatwaves commonplace, Europe will be ready. So says the European Environment Agency, which launched its five-year assessment of the state of Europe's environment in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week. A key message is that we must prepare now for the catastrophes that will become more frequent if the world warms up as predicted. "Many of the decisions we make today will determine how we are going to live in 2050,"...
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Climate change poses serious threats to food distribution
2015-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FERN: By now there has been a steady stream of news about climate changes impacts on food production. Heat waves, drought, and wildfire are damaging harvests in California, Australia and Brazil. Warming and acidifying oceans threaten seafood stocks. Rising temperatures are causing declines in crops as different as wheat and cherries, while extreme precipitation and floods have destroyed crops across the US and Europe. Increasing temperatures and CO2 levels are reducing the nutritional value of grasses...
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Climate change no longer problem for future generations
2015-03-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Climate change is no longer a serious problem, apparently. In the 2010 Intergenerational Report an entire chapter was dedicated to the topic. This time around, references to the subject have been reduced to a handful of paragraphs. "It is difficult for individual governments to control or affect the collective and cumulative impact of human activity globally, but there is a role for the Australian government to continue in its efforts in leading and co-ordinating domestic environmental policies...
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