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Sudden power price rises show need for climate policy certainty report
2016-09-25 23:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Huge spikes in wholesale electricity prices in South Australia in July show stable, nationally consistent climate policy must urgently replace unmanageable uncertainty for energy market investors, according to a new analysis by the Grattan Institute. When the short-term spot price of electricity spiked to its peak of $14,000 several times on 7 July, some commentators sought to blame the high share of wind power in the state. Energy experts argued the price spikes were a result of an abuse of...
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Gary Johnson's Solution For Climate Change Involves Moving to Other Planets
2016-09-25 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: Libertarian nominee for president Gary Johnson got a lot of heat recently for comments he made in 2011 about not having to worry about climate change because the sun was eventually going to destroy Earth anyway. So Johnson went on ABCs This Week today to tell everyone to lighten up and explain his real solution for climate change: moving to other planets. Cant we have a little humor once in a while? Johnson told George Stephanopoulos when asked about his 2011 comments regarding the inevitable...
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India to ratify Paris climate change deal
2016-09-25 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Indias prime minister said on Sunday that his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will ratify the agreement Oct. 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Indias independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, who believed in a minimum carbon footprint. Modi made the announcement at a meeting of his Bharatiya Janata Partys leaders in the southern Indian town of Kozhikode. India accounts for around 4.5 percent...
India PM says will ratify Paris climate pact next month
2016-09-25 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: India, the world's third largest greenhouse gas emitter, will ratify the Paris climate change pact next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (Sep 25), bringing the deal a step closer to reality. Modi said India will formally join the landmark accord struck in 2015 in Paris, through which countries commit to take action to stem the planet's rising temperatures. The accord needs ratification from 55 countries that account for at least 55 percent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions...
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Climate change solutions: 65% want Australia to be world leader study
2016-09-25 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Public support for Australia to be a world leader in climate change solutions has rebounded to its highest since the major political parties agreed on emissions trading, research shows. About 65% of the nation want to see Australia lead the world in solutions, an increase from 52% in 2010-12 when the carbon tax debate was front and centre in politics. The annual attitudinal study by the Climate Institute shows this years jump, up from 59% in 2014-15. Its the closest it has been to the...
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