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Idaho Shifts Policy, Behavior Response to Climate Change

2014-08-03 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Statesman: Despite the uncertainty over the scale and the speed of climate change, Idaho leaders are beginning to discuss how to adapt and how to reduce its impacts. Boise law firm Holland and Hart held a workshop for its Idaho clients and lawmakers last week where scientists and policymakers examined how the state can reduce the effects of warmer winters, earlier runoffs and increased wildfires. It came the same week that Obamas Council of Economic Advisers reported that delaying action to reduce carbon...

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Climate policy & the future of coal: Obamas green gamble

2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Economist: WITH a metallic gasp, the chute opens its metal jaws and deposits precisely 230,000 pounds of coal into the railway car. The pour is carefully calibrated to create an aerodynamically efficient heap; sealant is sprayed evenly across the coals surface to limit dust release. Fully loaded, the car moves along to be replaced by another; it takes two-and-a-half hours to load the two-mile-long train. Four trains, each carrying 15,000 tonnes of coal, leave the Spring Creek mine in Montana every day, often...

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Obamas foreign policy doctrine includes climate action

2014-05-28 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: On Wednesday, on a cloudy spring morning, the president laid out the "Obama doctrine" for foreign policy during a graduation address at West Point. The highly anticipated speech came just a day after Obama announced plans for drawing down U.S. troops in Afghanistan. In response to conservative complaints that he lacks a coherent policy vision, Obama did his classic triangulation shtick of laying out the dichotomy he transcends: interventionists on one hand think we should police the world, while...

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Revision of climate change policy scheme nears completion

2014-04-17 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Jamaica Gleaner: JAMAICA'S CLIMATE Change Framework Policy and Action Plan could receive parliamentary approval early this new financial year, following a series of public consultations to inform amendments to the document. "We have gone through the consultation stage. It is now at the Green Paper stage. The feedback received is now being included in the draft policy document with a view to having approval from Cabinet and Parliament early in this financial year. We are moving towards it becoming a White Paper,"...

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Partisan politics put UK climate change policy at risk: minister

2014-02-13 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Britain's efforts to combat climate change are in danger of disarray because "partisan politics" may scare off investors, Energy Minister Ed Davey said on Thursday. Davey, a member of the junior coalition partner Liberal Democrats, criticized both Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour party for endangering plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage investment in cleaner energy sources. "If we are to persuade companies to make long-term investments...

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