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If you want to pass climate legislation, fix U.S. politics
2013-01-17 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When pondering the failure of a big legislative initiative like cap-and-trade - and oh, there`s been so much pondering! - there are two basic perspectives one can take. First, you can think about how a campaign could be improved so that next time the initiative can clear the bar. That`s mostly what my recent post-cap-and-trade piece (and the Theda Skocpol report [PDF] it discussed) focused on. Build a bigger movement, make the legislation simpler, get more help from the president, whatever. That...
EU politics: Norway refuses EU oil regulation
2013-01-14 02:57:13| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Although oil and gas production are major and valuable contributors to the Norwegian economy, the industry is not without its stresses.
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California billionaire might be the next big name in US energy politics
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Billionaire Tom Steyer isn't well-known outside California, but plenty of people believe that's about to change. He's seen here as a likely star in energy politics. Steyer, 55, is a self-made mogul who made a bundle as a hedge fund manager. He's also a philanthropist, environmentalist and father of four who says the country needs a clean energy revolution. He's spent part of his wealth working toward that aim. Last year, Steyer bankrolled a successful California ballot measure that will spend as...
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Heatwave: Australia's new weather demands a new politics
2013-01-08 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: I wonder what Tony Abbott will say about the record heatwave now ravaging his country. The Australian opposition leader has repeatedly questioned the science and impacts of climate change. He has insisted that "the science is highly contentious, to say the least" and asked demonstrating what looks like a wilful ignorance "If man-made CO2 was quite the villain that many of these people say it is, why hasn't there just been a steady increase starting in 1750, and moving in a linear way up the graph?"...
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Politics Is Key to Avoiding Global Warming Catastrophe
2013-01-02 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Delaying global action on climate change by 20 more years will put the goal of keeping the world relatively cool out of reach forever, no matter how much money humanity later spends to try to solve the problem, a new study finds. Since the 1990s, scientists and international negotiators have aimed to keep global temperatures from warming more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), but little progress has been made so far in concrete steps toward that goal. The most recent climate talks,...
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