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California governor signs landmark climate bill
2016-09-10 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wave: State officials say California is now on course to reach a goal of reducing greenhouse gas pollution to 1990 levels in 2020, in line with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. "This is big and I hope it sends a message across the country". In a statement, California Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Allan Zaremberg said, "Taken together, SB32 and AB197, impose severe caps on the emission of greenhouse gases in California, without requiring the regulatory agencies to give any...
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Researchers find climate change already delivering severe impacts
2016-09-10 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A review of more than 100 studies by two researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has shown that the social and economic impacts of current climate are often severe. Results of the review, by Tamma Carleton, a Ph.D. student in agricultural and resource economics, and Solomon Hsiang, chancellor' s associate professor of public policy, are published this week in the journal Science, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). "So much attention...
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President Barack Obama to focus on climate change after leaving office
2016-09-10 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CRC: The White House announced last week that Obama was quadrupling the size of the Papahanaumokuakea marine sanctuary, which includes Midway. After Obama "emerged from the plane smiling and wearing sunglasses", the press pool noted, he was greeted by the atoll's 40 inhabitants. From Midway to Katahdin, it has been the summer of the national parks for President Obama as he works to solidify his legacy as a conservationist. President Barack Obama disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival to tour...
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Black Lives Matter is right: Climate change is race related
2016-09-10 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: Some people really dont like facts, preferring to be swayed by feeling, hearsay, assumption, and whatever comes along to affirm their own world view. Its would be interesting if it didnt have so much capacity to do damage. Friends of the Earth were called racist and all sorts of things yesterday by the keyboard warrior contingent for supporting the Black Lives Matter protest at City Airport. Facts may not be very good at changing peoples minds but we are not yet so deeply into a post-factual...
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No denying climate change impact in Florida
2016-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: The effects of man-made climate change, which scientists have warned about for decades, are now lapping at Florida's coastlines. In South Florida, rising sea levels are already overwhelming stormwater systems, damaging infrastructure and flooding homes. Tampa Bay can't be far behind. But local governments can do only so much to confront this global challenge. Floridians must demand that state and national leaders shed any notion that climate change can be ignored and confront the problem with urgency....
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