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Noted climate-change skeptic linked to corporate money
2015-02-22 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that greenhouse gases pose little risk to humanity. One of the names they invoke most often is Wei-Hock Soon, known as Willie, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who claims that variations in the suns energy can largely explain recent global warming. He has often appeared on conservative news programs, testified...
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Ties to Corporate Cash for Climate-Change Researcher
2015-02-21 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that greenhouse gases pose little risk to humanity. One of the names they invoke most often is Wei-Hock Soon, known as Willie, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who claims that variations in the sun's energy can largely explain recent global warming. He has often appeared on conservative news programs, testified...
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Indonesia coral reefs under dire climate-change threat
2015-02-12 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Indonesia's once pristine coral reefs have been severely threatened by rising temperatures reportedly caused by climate change. They are suffering from bleaching, so instead of their normal myriad of colours, they are turning completely white. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao visited one of the world's most important coral reefs facing destruction in Indonesia.
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Copenhagen unveils first climate-change adapted neighborhood
2015-01-26 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Come hell or high water, the residents of St. Kjeld, a Copenhagen neighborhood, will be ready. Actually, skip the hell part. But when the next megastorm hits the Danish capital, St. Kjelds residents will be safe and dry. Thats because as of December, they live in the worlds first climate-change-adapted neighborhood. St. Kjelds transformation shows what can be done if you take climate change seriously, says Morten Kabell, Copenhagens deputy mayor in charge of environment and technology....
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On Obamas India visit, climate-change deal unlikely as Modi boosts coal production
2015-01-25 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In the hilly Singrauli region of northern India, animals feed on ash-covered grass, smoke stings the eyes and burns the throat, and the reservoir is foul with toxins such as mercury and arsenic. Even the breakfast eggs are gray. The critically polluted landscape was once forest and fields of grain and mustard flowers. But after four decades of industrial development, this is Indias power hub. More than a dozen coal mines and power plants spread over two states generate a fifth of the countrys...
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