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Climate-change warning to region
2013-12-28 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Gleaner: The time of good cheer has turned out to be a time of sadness for some of our neighbours in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Fate dealt a cruel blow to many families in the Eastern Caribbean when their loved ones were cruelly swept away in flood waters on Christmas Eve. As the grim picture of the event becomes clearer, it has been reported that more than a dozen lives have been lost, some villages marooned, and thousands are without electricity and water. The tragedy is especially painful as traditional...
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R.I. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouses 50th climate-change warning
2013-11-17 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Providence Journal: In the annals of congressional oratory, it didnt rival Sen. Rand Pauls 13-hour filibuster in March over drone policy. But last Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse marked a major milestone of his own -- and one welcomed by environmentalists -- when he delivered his 50th weekly address on climate change from the Senate floor. Whitehouse gave his first Time to Wake Up address in April 2012. He has returned to the floor every week the Senate is in session to stand before C-Span cameras and shine...
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Climate-change activists are playing a dangerous game with their 'enemy' narrative
2013-11-16 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The argument between the British political parties over energy prices appears, on the face of it, to be another tedious, media-fuelled battle of words shaped by focus groups. Yet it is more interesting than that: it is proof of the power of cognitive frames and shows how easily the real and overwhelming threat of climate change can be sidelined because of its failure to fit a classic narrative. Let me explain. Our evolution as a social animal has left us highly attuned to threats posed by visible...
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Climate-change relocation of Alaska village at a standstill
2013-11-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: An effort to move an eroding Southwest Alaska village that's a poster child for the negative effects of climate change has lurched to a dramatic halt. A state audit has uncovered potential wrongdoing and said the tribe running the multi-million dollar project should repay some $300,000 in state funds. Now, with loads of taxpayer dollars already spent and costly materials sitting unused on the tundra, the 375 people in the village of Newtok are embroiled in a vicious dispute over tribal leadership...
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Obama appoints Brown, Garcetti to climate-change task force
2013-11-05 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gov. Jerry Brown are among the state and local leaders named to a national task force that will recommend steps the federal government can take to help communities cope with climate change. President Obama established the task force last week when he signed an executive order directing federal agencies to prepare for climate change. Under the order, federal agencies are to: --Encourage investments that will make cities and towns more resilient to the effects...
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