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Climate change policy at risk because of denial and fear, Ed Davey warns
2014-02-13 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain's climate change policy is under threat from a "diabolical cocktail" of nimbyism, denial of science and fear of Europe from politicians on the right, the energy secretary will say on Thursday. Amid growing warnings about a potential link between global warming and extreme UK weather, Ed Davey will raise concerns that the politicial consensus about the need to tackle climate change is in danger of breaking down as some in the Conservative and Ukip parties try to discredit the science. ...
European climate policy: Worse than useless
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: SINCE climate change was identified as a serious threat to the planet, Europe has been in the vanguard of the effort to mitigate it. The policies it has adopted are designed with two aims in mind: to cut European emissions drastically and to push other big emitters into adopting similar policies. By both measures, they have failed. That America and China have not taken serious steps to reduce their own emissions is hardly Europes fault. Yet had Europes policies worked better, other countries...
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Trees destroyed as New Zealand climate change policy fails: Academic
2014-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Unwanted tree seedlings are being killed with herbicide as New Zealand's attempts to mitigate the problem of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change falter, a leading academic said Friday. University of Canterbury forestry expert Professor Euan Mason said a large number of seedlings were grown by the university's School of Forestry in response to the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS), but many were destroyed after being left unsold during the 2013 planting season. "These 2-year-old...
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Climate policy row escalates as Australian temperatures soar
2014-01-06 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Reports emerged late last week that last year was Australia's hottest on record, even as politicians continued to battle over the repeal of the country's carbon tax and its response to escalating climate impacts. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported on Friday that the average temperature for 2013 was the hottest since records began in 1910, clocking in at 1.20C above the 1961-1990 average. Moreover, the 10-year mean temperature for 2004-2013 was 0.50C above average, the Bureau said. ...
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Australia swelters under a sham climate change policy after hottest year on record
2014-01-03 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia's temperatures have warmed by "about 1° C since 1910" according to the Bureau of Meteorology, and 2013 was the hottest year since records began in 1910. In the last 11 months leading to November 2013 average temperatures "were 1.25°C above average" and 2013 saw maximum temperatures 1.45°C above the average. The full update is available from the BOM here. It bears repeating: 2013 was Australia's hottest year on record and globally the seventh hottest year on record. Most of Australia...
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