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Moral climate: Beyond science and politics
2013-04-21 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepals changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers spit out. Gillies sees the numbers in human terms, too. Global warming is likely to mean less water, putting crops and livestock in peril, along with nourishment for children who already dont get enough to eat. That leaves the climate scientist with questions instruments cant answer....
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How celebrities helped rattle New York politics - and launch a new movement
2013-04-18 14:37:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Sighting a celebrity here is such a common event, it borders on the mundane. It's why so many live here, after all: New Yorkers have honed their ability to ignore everyone to such an extent that movie stars tend to become more obstacles on the sidewalk -- recognizable, yes, but able to go about their days without much hassle. But with respect to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an A-list group of actors and musicians who call the state home have managed to stand out in the political arena as...
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The Keystone XL Pipeline and its politics, explained
2013-04-04 14:36:34| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: With the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline extension surfacing yet again - opponents will hold a rally Wednesday night in San Francisco`s Pacific Heights neighborhood, outside a fundraiser President Obama is headlining--we thought we`d clarify a few points about the contentious project. (For more details, read Steven Mufson`s new e-book, "Keystone XL: Down the Line.") What is the Keystone XL pipeline? The Keystone XL pipeline extension is a 1,700-mile project that would transport 800,000...
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Obama on climate change: 'The politics of this are tough'
2013-04-04 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are still struggling financially. He said, "The politics of this are tough." [T]he thing that Im going to have to try to work to persuade the American people a little more convincingly on is this notion that theres a contradiction between our economy and our environment -- it's just a false choice, Obama said at a San Francisco...
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James Hansen retires from science to spend more time with his politics
2013-04-02 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leading climate scientist James Hansen is to retire from Nasa this week, leaving him more time to spend working on political advocacy at state, federal and international levels. It's clearly a move made with political advocacy in mind. As the New York Times puts it: "At 72, he said, he feels a moral obligation to step up his activism in his remaining years." Hansen has long been a problem for those who believe science and politics should be separate. It'll be very interesting to see this all play...
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