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New York march seeks to be largest climate change event ever
2014-09-18 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Meaye Ndoye, a 34-year-old student from Brooklyn, volunteers frequently in his community, but hes never participated in the type of public march that seems to occur on a weekly basis here, calling for an end to Americas military presence in Iraq or protesting the NYPD or celebrating unions. But thats going to change Sunday, when he participates in what organizers are hoping will be the largest march ever about climate change. Organizers of the Peoples Climate March are expecting anywhere...
42 Climate Scientists To Rick Scott: Climate Change 'Is Not A Hypothetical'
2014-09-18 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Last month five climate scientists gave Florida Gov. Rick Scott a crash-course in climate change, a meeting that left some of the scientists wondering how much information Scott had absorbed. Now they are calling on the governor to meet with them again - this time for a summit focused on finding solutions to climate change. As the Miami Herald reported, the five scientists who met with Scott - along with 37 other Florida-based climate scientists - wrote a letter to Scott and the rest of Florida`s...
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Bringing the Noise on Climate Change
2014-09-18 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Yorker: Next Tuesday, leaders of a hundred and twenty nations, President Barack Obama among them, are scheduled to gather in New York for the United Nations climate summit, called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ahead of the summit, on Sunday, tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to march through midtown Manhattan demanding that those leaders take action. Almost certainly, the leaders will disappoint the marchers, not to mention anyone else who cares about the future of the planet, though by...
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Ban Enlisting Business on Climate Change May Win UN Pact
2014-09-18 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons strategy to forge a global climate agreement by 2015 will enter a new phase next week when more than 120 world leaders meet in New York to discuss greenhouse gas cuts. Having spent his eight years in office working toward a global consensus on the threat of climate change, Ban is turning up pressure for an international agreement to reduce emissions blamed for global warming. On Sept. 23, Ban will host more than 120 heads of state and government at...
How Climate Change Exacerbates Spread of Disease, Including Ebola
2014-09-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earth Institute: The accelerating ebola epidemic in West Africa, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called unprecedented, has so far killed more than half the 3,069 people who contracted the disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. The WHO fears it could eventually affect 20,000 people. Ebola can live in animals for years without making them sick; it is transmitted to humans through contact with an infected animal. Once in a human, the disease is spread by direct contact with the bodily...
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