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Big oil split over climate-change risk as Paris talks loom
2015-06-08 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: One scene stands out more than any other from the Opec International Energy Seminar last week, which attracted the cream of the global oil industrys executive leadership. When the audience of well over 300 delegates, gathered in Viennas splendid Hofburg Palace, were asked in a show of hands whether they believed that the Paris Climate Conference talks also known as COP 21 and due to be held later this year will achieve a binding agreement to limit global warming to below 2C, no one in the...
Scientists Drop Science Bomb on Climate-Change Skeptics
2015-06-04 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: Over the last couple of years, the conservative movement, which loves science, has had a completely scientific-based reason for skepticism about climate change. The Earth's temperature seemed to be rising at a slower rate than scientists had predicted. The global warming "pause,' as it was inaccurately called -- it was actually "getting warmer at a slower-than-expected rate,' rather than an actual pause -- served as grist for a massive flow of coverage expressing skepticism about scientific models...
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Media failing on climate-change coverage
2015-05-31 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: More than two dozen news publishers from around the world launched an initiative on May 21 called the Climate Publishers Network, spearheaded by the popular U.K. newspaper The Guardian. As members of the network, publishers agree to freely share climate change-related news content to raise public awareness of environmental issues in the lead-up to the UN climate change summit in Paris in December. Montreal's La Presse is a founding member, and the Toronto Star is in the process of signing up, joining...
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Kofi Annan: We must challenge climate-change sceptics who deny facts
2015-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Whats your greatest fear for the future of our planet? That the world is reaching the tipping point beyond which climate change may become irreversible. If this happens, we risk denying present and future generations the right to a healthy and sustainable planet the whole of humanity stands to lose. On the other hand, climate change is an unprecedented opportunity for governments, investors, firms and citizens to work together to develop and deploy low-carbon technologies, which can sustain...
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Quebec City climate-change march draws 25000 people
2015-04-11 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: A climate-change march drew about 25,000 people to the streets of Quebec City on Saturday, as protesters try to encourage premiers to take a tougher stance on climate and pipeline regulations. The march was organized by Act On Climate -- a coalition of groups including environmental groups, unions, students and aboriginal groups. It's in preparation for a premiers' summit on climate change which will take place on Tuesday, April 14. The focus is a greener strategy for Canada's provinces...
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