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Marshall Islands: A Clarion Call From the Climate Change Frontline
2014-09-18 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, climate change has arrived. In the last year alone, my country has suffered through unprecedented droughts in the north, and the biggest ever king tides in the south; and we have watched the most devastating typhoons in history leave a trail of death and destruction across the region. Lying just two meters above sea level, my atoll nation stands at the frontline in the battle against climate change. The beaches of Buoj where I use to fish as a boy are...
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Utilities and Climate Change Hysteria Redux
2014-09-18 18:31:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Last month I wrote a provocative piece, "Climate Change Hysteria: Utilities Will Benefit," and sent it out to our Grid Optimization panel of experts. So enjoy these viewpoints from the United States and Europe, from academia and utilities. I certainly did. read more
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Cheap option on climate change: recognize indigenous rights to forests
2014-09-18 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Since 2008, governments have invested $1.64 billion in funds to kick-start REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, the global effort to conserve the world's forests in order to better mitigate climate change. However, a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) finds that same amount of money could have secured the legal rights of indigenous and local people to 450 million hectares of forest, an area 40 percent larger than India. "Securing the rights of indigenous...
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TransCanada CEO Frustrated by Linkage of Keystone Pipeline to Climate Change
2014-09-18 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: TransCanada Corp. chief executive officer Russ Girling told reporters Sept. 16 he is frustrated by critics of the Keystone pipeline who have cast the project as a symbol of increased greenhouse gas emissions and warming. It's been caught up in this debate it has nothing to do with, Girling said. Actual people that are impacted by this project are supportive and willing to move forward with it, Girling said during a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill. Those that are in places on the...
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More Land, Fewer Harvests in Climate Change Impact Study
2014-09-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Most of the Earth’s agricultural land resources are already under cultivation. Climate change poses a huge challenge to global agriculture, but a new study by geographers at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, shows that some regions could benefit from it.
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