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"Dread" of Disasters Could Be an Imporant Political Tool
2014-05-24 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Officials should be considering how the public reacts to various natural disasters when making plans to mitigate or recover from these disasters. Understanding a region's "dread" of a natural disaster, a new study suggests, could help officials determine how much tax money should go towards addressing that threat. According to a study published in the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, public concern can have a dire affect on mitigation plans for natural disaster. For instance,...
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Political rhetoric bogs down Keystone XL pipeline
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Last month the Obama administration put off a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The project has been enormously controversial. It would carry crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This morning we examine what's at stake for the oil industry and for energy production. Here's NPR's Jim Zarroli. JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: A lot of...
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IPCC climate report diluted under political pressure to protect fossil fuel interests
2014-05-22 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AmericaBlog: Yes, you read that headline right. IPCC dilutes their climate reports, at least according to this report in the Guardian. We covered this problem before -- "IPCC accidentally proves that international cooperation on climate change is dead" -- but we didn`t finger the Saudis as the perps. The Guardian does. ... Several experts familiar with the IPCC government approval process for the 'Summary for Policymakers` (SPM) reports documents summarising the thousands of pages of technical and scientific...
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Evangelists Call for Political Action on Climate Change in Florida
2014-05-21 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A group of Evangelical Christians in Florida are trying to convince Governor Rick Scott to create an adaptive plan to address and prepare for the effects of climate change, claiming that they believe they can reach out to him with a common understanding about of Christian values. The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is currently collecting signatures from Florida residents for a petition that they hope will convince Gov. Scott that climate change in the state is a pressing issue that must...
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Extreme Weather: How El Nio Might Alter the Political Climate
2014-05-20 08:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: El Nio is coming. Above-average sea surface temperatures have developed off the west coast of South America and seem poised to grow into a full-fledged El Nio event, in which unusually warm water temperatures spread across the equatorial East Pacific. Models indicate a 75 percent chance of El Nio this fall, which could bring devastating droughts to Australia or heavy rains to the southern United States. The debate over climate change, however, brings additional significance to this round of El...
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