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United Kingdom: Prince Charles attacks global warming sceptics
2013-05-09 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Prince of Wales has criticised "corporate lobbyists" and climate change sceptics for turning the earth into a "dying patient", in his most outspoken attack yet on the world's failure to tackle global warming. He attacked businesses who failed to care for the environment, and compared the current generation to a doctor taking care of a critically ill patient. "If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem," he told an audience of...
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Obama campaign launches plan to shame climate sceptics in Congress
2013-04-25 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The campaign group formed to support Barack Obama's political agenda has launched an initiative to shame members of Congress who deny the science behind climate change. In an email to supporters on Thursday, Organizing for Action said it was time to call out members of Congress who deny the existence of climate change, saying they had blocked efforts to avoid its most catastrophic consequences. The email linked to a video mocking Republicans who reject the science on climate change. "Right...
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United Kingdom: Davey takes fight to 'dogmatic' and 'blinkered' climate sceptics
2013-02-12 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Ed Davey will aim his most vocal criticism to date at those climate sceptics who seek to delay and undermine action to curb global greenhouse gas emissions, accusing them of adopting a "dogmatic" and "blinkered" stance that represents "a huge gamble with the future of every human being on the planet". The Energy and Climate Change Secretary is to deliver a speech at the Royal Society this afternoon to a meeting of the AVOID symposium, a government-funded climate research programme incorporating...
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