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Environmentalists await Unesco verdict on future of protected Tasmanian forests
2014-06-16 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Unesco world heritage committee is about to rule on a proposal to have 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian forest delisted in order to open it up to the timber industry. It is also debating whether or not to list the Great Barrier Reef as highly endangered because of pollution. If the forests were delisted, Australia would be the first developed country to have the protected status of a natural environment reversed on economic grounds. The government has claimed that the area subjected to logging...
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Gov. Scott oil-drilling interests alarm Everglades environmentalists
2014-06-15 17:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bradenton Herald: Gov. Rick Scotts six-figure stake in a French energy company is angering environmentalists because the firm is involved in oil drilling in Collier County near the Everglades. Scott and the Cabinet oversee the Department of Environmental Protection, which regulates oil drilling in Florida, and Scott has invested in businesses that could be regulated by DEP and other state agencies. Asked if he supports drilling in a county where he owns a $9.2 million home, Scott did not directly answer. He said:...
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Environmentalists Hail Reduced Emission Rules, Others Criticize
2014-06-03 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: For the first time, the U.S. would regulate the greenhouse gas causing emissions from existing coal plants. The goal is to reduce emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2030.
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New Environmentalists Taking Bold Actions, and Its Working
2014-05-26 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: No longer dominated by the traditional Big Green groups that were taking big donations from corporate polluters, the new environmental movement is broader, more assertive and more creative. With extreme energy extraction and climate change bearing down on the world, environmental justice advocates are taking bold actions to stop extreme energy extraction and create new solutions to save the planet. These fresh greens often work locally, but also connect through national and international actions....
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Climate Blues: How Environmentalists Chill Out in Warming World
2014-05-24 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Studies warning of an Antarctic ice sheet collapse. A wildfire season that could shatter records. Shellfish eaten away by oceans turned more acidic due to greenhouse gases. U.N. and U.S. reports stating that climate change is advancing more quickly. Everyone gets down about their work from time to time, but for environmentalists, they can sometimes quite literally be dealing with the end of the world as we know it. For some, the answer is obvious: work harder. For others, it's about accepting...
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