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Extreme weather is making Americans climate-change believers, study finds
2013-05-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Postmedia: A year of strange and often devastating weather that included extreme hurricanes, drought and wildfires appears to have increased the number of Americans who want government action on climate change, a new study shows. Unfortunately, researchers say, this higher level of global-warming awareness is not translating into political action. Mother Nature has been pretty busy teaching Americans and Canadians and people from round the world about climate change through extreme weather over the past...
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PR strategy proposed to compensate for federal cuts in Canada's climate-change spending
2013-05-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Postmedia: The Harper government is facing a challenging task to promote the benefits of energy efficiency for Canadians in light of hundreds of millions of dollars of reductions in green spending, says a federal public-relations strategy obtained by Postmedia News. Stakeholders and media have questioned Canadas ability to become a leader in clean energy based on the governments support of oil and gas development, said the strategy document, prepared for Natural Resources Canadas top bureaucrat and...
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Canada: Natural Resources Minister under fire for climate-change comments
2013-04-13 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Just as one federal cabinet minister is urging a more sophisticated tone to the climate-change debate, a second cabinet minister has found himself trying to prove he is not a climate-change denier. Environment Minister Peter Kent this week said the federal government would never opt for a carbon pricing scheme itself, but would be open-minded about pricing arrangements set up by the provinces. "We need to add a bit of subtle differentiation when we talk about carbon pricing," Mr. Kent said...
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Bill calls for Colorado governor to appoint climate-change staffer
2013-04-10 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Four House Democrats have introduced a bill requiring the governor to appoint a person to deal with climate-change matters, but Republicans question whether the position is needed. The state has not had a person whose job focuses on climate change since Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter left office in 2011 and Democrat John Hickenlooper succeeded him. House Bill 1293 requires the job title include the words "climate change," and the person holding the post must develop climate-change plans and report...
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World Banks Kim Vows Climate-Change Focus to Help Ease Poverty
2013-04-02 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim vowed to boost the lenders contribution to easing the effects of climate change as part of a new goal to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. Helping mitigate shocks, including those caused by global warming, is one of the conditions needed to reach the poverty reduction target, Kim said in a speech at Georgetown University in Washington today. Also required is sustained fast growth in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and reduced income inequality, he said. ...
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