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British Belief in Climate Change on the Rise, Research Finds
2015-01-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britons are more likely to agree the climate is changing than at any time in recent years, with nearly nine in 10 people saying climate change is happening and 84% attributing this somewhat or entirely to human activity, new research has found. Two-thirds say they are concerned by global warming. When asked to name major threats to the UK in the next two decades, 15% of those polled listed climate change without prompting, putting it in fourth position behind immigration, the economy and health....
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Minister Launches Public Consultation Process on Ag Climate Change Discussion Document
2015-01-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has launched a public consultation process on a discussion document in preparation for the agriculture and forestry sector mitigation plan.
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Republicans take aim climate change regulations
2015-01-28 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Congressional Republicans are in tune with their constituents. A new Pew poll found that Republicans have a highly favorable view of the Department of Defense, the CIA and NASA. They are much less fond of certain other governmental bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While over 60 percent of Republicans say they view the Pentagon, the CIA and NASA favorably, just 37 say that about the EPA. Only the tax collection agency IRS is held in lower esteem by Republicans. That Republicans...
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At Vatican, EPA Talk 'Moral Issue' Climate Change
2015-01-28 16:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, will make a short visit to the Vatican on Friday to discuss climate change. According to the National Catholic Reporter, McCarthy, an Irish Catholic from Massachusetts, will meet with senior officials including Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. "Were hoping that this effort will not only generate sort of a broader understanding of the challenge of climate change, but a really good discussion...
What Do Farmers Think Climate Change?
2015-01-28 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: As a sociologist, J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr. spends a lot of time studying what shapes farmers' views and responses to climate change. It's a subject that has not gotten much attention, even as more research focuses on how to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and how to make farming more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather. "Our research so far has shown pretty clearly that although most farmers believe that climate change is occurring, a minority attribute it to human activity,"...
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