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United Kingdom: The high seas are too precious to be left to plunderers and polluters
2013-02-10 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The oceans are changing faster today and in more ways than at any time in human history. We are the cause. Which is why I welcome the launch of the Global Ocean Commission, dedicated to ending the neglect, in international affairs, of the high seas. These seas lie far beyond the horizon 200 nautical miles offshore to be precise and begin where sovereign national waters give way to the global commons, owned by none, shared by all. There was a time when foreign travel gave many people a familiarity...
For U.S. and China, Worlds Biggest Climate Polluters, Its Still Business as Usual
2013-02-04 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: China and the United States, the world's two largest economies, are responsible for emitting nearly half the planet's carbon dioxide emissions. China overtook the United States in 2006 as the world's biggest CO2 polluter due to its hardening coal addiction. Per capita, however, America's carbon footprint is far bigger. Both countries still have large fleets of coal plants and growing, but relatively tiny, renewable electricity sectors. Both have goals for lowering their global warming emissions--though...
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