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DAPL Leaves Climate Change & Polluted Water for Future Generations
2016-09-18 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Country Today: The battle cries across the length of Dakota Access crude oil pipeline are Water is Life and For Future Generations. These cries have been clearest at Standing Rock where a vast Indigenous community is defending the drinking water of the Tribe and all the downstream people for present and future generations. After joining my allies who were opposing DAPL in Iowa, I went to Standing Rock in early August to serve as a lawyer on the ground. I went to be an advocate for the River itself and for...
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UN Secretary General Pushes Climate Change Agreement Before Next Administration
2016-09-18 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is working to wring commitments out of 55 nations to ratify the Paris Climate Change treaty.
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Trump's climate science denial clashes with reality of rising seas in Florida
2016-09-18 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: By Donald Trump`s account, scientists have tricked Americans into accepting that global warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. "I`m not a big believer in man-made climate change," he told the Miami Herald on one of the rare recent occasions when he has talked about it. A few blocks from the Miami Beach hotel where Trump spoke, water flooded over a seawall last year during the highest autumn tides, blocking traffic on one of South Florida`s main evacuation routes. The city is now...
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US military stresses climate security risks
2016-09-18 11:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A group of senior defence experts in the US has warned that climate change is a threat to the countrys security, with the stark message that the impacts of climate change present significant and direct risks to US military readiness, operations and strategy. They are members of the Climate Security Consensus Project, a bipartisan group of 25 senior military and national security experts - many of whom have served in previous Republican or Democratic administrations. Meeting at a forum in Washington...
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Hurricane Hermine's flood damage was ramped up by climate change
2016-09-18 05:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Consumnes Connection: Though now a post-tropical cyclone, winds and waves generated by Hermine as it sits stalled off the coast of New England could damage Long Island, as well as the coasts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and MA, forecasters say. As of 2 a.m. Tuesday, Hermine's top sustained winds were steady at 65 miles per hour as it moved west-northwest at 9 miles per hour. Whatever the heck it is, it's already caused damage in Florida and power outages in Georgia and South and North Carolina, and is expected to produce...
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