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Australia: Global cooling: climate scientists keen meet Tony Abbott's business adviser
2014-08-15 05:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbotts top business adviser, Maurice Newman, has been invited to meet climate scientists following his assertion that the world is in fact in danger of cooling, rather than warming. Newman used an opinion piece in the Australian newspaper on Thursday to say the world was ill prepared for a period of global cooling, accusing governments of being hostage to warming propaganda from climate scientists. On Friday Tim Flannery, head of the Climate Council, told Guardian Australia he was...
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Gov. Scott to meet with climate change scientists Aug. 19th, group says
2014-08-08 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Miami Herald: Gov. Rick Scott has agreed to meet with scientists about climate change for 30 minutes Aug. 19th, said Susan Glickman, a clean energy lobbyist during a conference call this morning organized by a liberal group Florida for All. Scott himself will be at the meeting held in his office, Glickman said. In July, climate scientists sent a letter to Scott seeking a meeting. Scotts likely Democratic rival, Charlie Crist, met with FSU oceanography professor Jeff Chanton in July while spokespersons for Scotts...
Slash Greenhouse Gases to Meet Climate Goals, U.N. Draft Says
2014-04-10 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: A key United Nations report is expected to suggest that governments will have to drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to meet international goals to reduce the impact of global warming. Based on the current trend of emissions, the global temperature is projected to increase by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels in less than three decades, according to a draft summary reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Projections suggest that beyond the two-degree point...
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CBS Boss Will Meet Senators Push More Climate Change Coverage
2014-01-28 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Two senators pushing major television networks for more climate change coverage will have the ear of a network executive this week. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will meet with CBS News President David Rhodes on Wednesday, The Huffington Post has learned. CBS spokeswoman Sonya McNair confirmed the meeting, adding, "We routinely talk with lawmakers." Sanders and Schatz announced earlier this month an effort to pressure networks to cover climate change. Seven Democratic...
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Becker, White House staff meet on pressing climate change challenges
2014-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deseret News: The White House came to town on Friday to hear what climate change challenges are uniquely problematic for Salt Lake City: air pollution, wildland fires, and protecting the watershed. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker hosted White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley during a discussion on choices leaders can make to craft more climate-resistant communities, and where and how the federal government should...