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Australia: Tony Abbott urged rethink climate policy after hottest year on record
2014-01-03 06:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott's political opponents have seized on confirmation that 2013 was Australia's hottest year on record, arguing it should compel the prime minister to abandon his plans to scrap the nation's carbon pricing laws. Labor and the Greens used the latest Bureau of Meteorology records to demand the Abbott government rethink its policies on climate change. The acting Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, branded Abbott a "reckless ideologue who ignores the science and is intent on listening to people...
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Top climate change scientists' letter to policy influencers
2013-11-03 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: To those influencing environmental policy, but opposed to nuclear power: As climate and energy scientists concerned with global climate change, we are writing to urge you to advocate the development and deployment of safer nuclear energy systems. We appreciate your organization's concern about global warming, and your advocacy of renewable energy. But continued opposition to nuclear power threatens humanity's ability to avoid dangerous climate change. We call on your organization to support...
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Artist Blacklisted by Canada Over Criticism of Climate Policy Takes Show to U.S.
2013-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: Three years ago, Franke James was a little-known artist who found herself blacklisted by the Canadian government for making art that lambasted the rapidly expanding tar sands. Infuriated and emboldened by the censure, James churned out a slew of pieces criticizing the government, published a book and in the process became one of Canada's most outspoken environmental activists. Now, the Toronto resident is embarking on a new mission. She wants to raise awareness in the United States about what she...
Australia: Abbott's new climate policy rejected by economists
2013-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: Leading economists have overwhelmingly rejected Tony Abbott's direct action climate change policy and backed carbon pricing. A Fairfax Media survey of 35 prominent university and business economists found only two believed direct action was the better way to limit Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. Thirty - or 86 per cent - favoured the existing carbon price scheme. Three rejected both schemes. Internationally renowned Australian economist Justin Wolfers, of the Washingtonbased Brookings...
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IPCC report: Effective policy action needed to arrest climate change
2013-10-07 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The latest report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has marshalled a mass of data, trends and analyses that unequivocally suggest warming of the climate system, albeit in the teeny decimal points of 0.85° C when globally averaged for the period 1880 to 2012. Now, in complex systems, small changes can add up to large effects. The Fifth Assessment Report does take note of extreme weather and climate events and global-scale changes in precipitation patterns witnessed in recent years,...
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