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Obama Asks College Grads to Take on Climate-Change Deniers
2014-06-14 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama called on Americans coming of age to demand that politicians respond more aggressively to climate change, comparing those skeptical about man-caused alterations to the environment to a belief that the moon is made of cheese. In a commencement address yesterday to graduates of the University of California at Irvine, Obama delivered one of his feistiest critiques of lawmakers who, in objecting to environmental regulations hes pushing to reduce carbon emissions, question...
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Canada PMs climate-change views dont add up
2014-06-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Leader-Post: If there was any doubt before, we now know where Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands on the issue of climate change: Its business as usual.In fact, Harper took it upon himself to speak on behalf of all countries when he said this week that not one country would take action on climate change at the expense of its own economy. No country is going to undertake actions on climate change, no matter what they say ... that is going to deliberately destroy jobs and growth in their country.First of...
Don't give equal time to climate-change deniers
2014-06-13 13:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: Let's be clear: Climate change is real, it is happening now, we are the cause, and it will be worse than we predicted. We know beyond not just a reasonable doubt, but all doubt, that human-caused (anthropogenic) climate change is a fact. Even as a scientist trained not to speak or think in such an absolute way, I am very comfortable stating this. This conclusion is backed by thousands of research articles from hundreds of scientists around the world from academia, think tanks, government, and non-governmental...
Obama climate-change plan overdue
2014-06-03 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The climate is changing; it is changing more quickly than at any time in the climatological record. And we are the only plausible cause of such a rapid change. There is no other suspect. We also know that every life form on this planet evolved to thrive in this current climate. Yes, a lot of species would survive in a climate that averaged 15 degrees warmer than this one, or even 30 degrees warmer, just as many would survive in a climate that averaged 30 degrees cooler. It is also true that either...
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U.S. climate-change plan will likely affect Vancouver coal-port expansion
2014-06-03 03:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The Obama administration's plan to restrict emissions from coal-burning power plants in the United States is expected to intensify an environmental battle that is already under way over coal-port expansion in British Columbia. "I think it has potentially huge implications, because [Obama's] rules are going to dramatically shrink the market for coal in the States," Kevin Washbrook, director of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change (VTACC), said Monday about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's...
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