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Insist Climate Change is a Primary Topic
2016-09-17 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Flathead Beacon: I just saw a television political ad paid by the American Petroleum Institute that encouraged voters to be energy voters to vote for candidates that would encourage petroleum exploration and production. It brought to mind the issue that is not front and center during this presidential campaign global climate change. I am a retired civil engineer and have tried to educate myself about this issue and I have to tell you it scares the crap out of me. I consider it to be the most critical issue...
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Extreme Montana summer reflects climate change
2016-09-17 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Billings Gazette: This summer has been a summer of extremes. The complete closure of the Yellowstone River because of a parasite that left an estimated 10,000 mountain whitefish dead is unprecedented, but not shocking considering the conditions facing our rivers this summer. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has acknowledged that record low water flows and high water temperatures exacerbated the parasitic bloom. Unfortunately, this combination also weakens fish, creating the perfect storm on our world-famous...
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Why a Donald Trump Victory Could Make Climate Catastrophe Inevitable
2016-09-17 05:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 Paris climate summit agreement--already endorsed by most nations--should be a complete no-brainer. That it isn't tells you a great deal about our world. Global geopolitics and the possible rightward lurch of many countries (including a potential deal-breaking election in the United States that could put a climate denier in the White...
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Standing Rock Sioux on the front lines of the climate emergency
2016-09-15 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The fight by the Standing Rock Sioux to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline has emerged as one of the defining climate justice fights in the United States. It has also become a central focal point of the ongoing worldwide struggle by indigenous peoples to have their treaty and land rights respected by other governments and corporations. (The fact that corporations operate as de facto government is a galling example of the need for the Green Party). Representatives of more than 280 Native American...
Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change
2016-09-15 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Thursday that he created the Atlantic Ocean's first national monument because the planet cannot be protected without trying to safeguard its oceans. Obama announced the new Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument at a State Department conference. "We cannot truly protect our planet without protecting our oceans," Obama said at the conference, which was attended by Secretary of State John Kerry and representatives of more than 20 countries who announced...
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