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White House warn worsening climate change risks
2014-05-06 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The White House is poised to unveil a stark new report today, showing how the US is already being adversely impacted by rising temperatures and climate change. The National Climate Assessment is expected to show that rising temperatures, particularly in the past three decades, have already hit America's food crops and led to increased public health risks, impacted water supplies and increased the risk of severe weather events, such as superstorm Sandy. A draft report seen by the Guardian, stated...
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Climate Change: Unsettling Findings From White House Report
2014-05-06 10:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InvestorPlace: The White House released its National Climate Assessment, which addresses climate change, on Tuesday. The report says that climate change in the last 50 years has mostly been caused by humans activities. The report details that temperatures have been increasing in the last few decades. According to the report, this has caused more extreme heat, less extreme cold and heavier rain. The report also mentions rising sea levels and melting snow and ice in colder areas. The White House report on climate...
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Grim study sparks White House calls for urgent climate change action
2014-05-06 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The White House called Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, as it released a study on the impact of global warming across the United States and key sectors of the US economy. The four-year survey warned of serious threats to homes and infrastructure and industry in the face of extreme weather events. President Barack Obama vowed during his victorious 2008 presidential campaign to make the United States a leader in tackling climate change and the "security threat" it poses. But...
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2014 RFS Proposal is at Odds with White House National Climate Assessment, BIO Says
2014-05-06 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BIO welcomes release of White House National Climate Assessment, because tools of biotechnology are necessary to help mitigate impacts of climate change on human health, energy, and agricultural production. According to recent BIO study, EPA's proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard would increase carbon emissions for 2014 and significantly reverse progress U.S. has made in reducing carbon emissions from the transportation sector that is noted in the National Climate Assessment. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Senate may bypass White House & approve Keystone XL pipeline
2014-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. The Keystone XL oil pipeline likely will come up for a vote in the United States Senate soon. The Obama administration has put off a decision on that project indefinitely. Before saying yes or no, the White House wants to resolve a dispute over the pipeline route in Nebraska. That delay has prompted Keystone XL supporters in the Senate to introduce their...
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