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White House recognizes BPS equity specialist as Champion of Change for Climate Equity
2016-08-06 00:06:08| PortlandOnline
Desirée Williams-Rajee honored for work to incorporate equity into the 2015 Climate Action Plan for Portland and Multnomah County.
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New climate modeling shows Venus may have once been habitable
2016-08-05 22:00:49| Extremetech
A new research paper suggests that Venus could've been habitable for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of years.
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Scientists tease out climate changes role in Zika spread
2016-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Athletes and tourists converging on Brazil this week are crowding into a country where rapid environmental change and natural weather fluctuations nurtured a viral epidemic that has gone global. The Zika virus has exploded throughout South America, up through Mexico and Puerto Rico and into Florida, but the conditions it needed to fester in northern Brazil were rooted in urbanization and poverty. The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Nio, and by higher...
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Survey: Fewer Americans doubt climate change is real
2016-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Michigan Radio: The first six months of this year were the warmest on record. This week, we heard about a deadly anthrax outbreak in Russia that's thought to be the result of permafrost thawing. A new survey finds that fewer Americans doubt that climate change is happening, but it continues to be a highly polarizing issue. This is the latest survey in the series of National Surveys on Energy and Environment conducted by Muhlenberg College and the University of Michigan. Researchers asked a random sample of...
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Global climate deal likely to enter into force in 2016: study
2016-08-05 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A global agreement on climate change looks likely to enter into force this year, a study showed on Friday, making it harder for Republican Donald Trump to pull out if he wins the U.S. presidency. Countries accounting for 54 percent of greenhouse gas emissions have signaled intent to ratify this year, according to the tally of national pledges by the Marshall Islands which is a strong backer of the plan agreed in Paris in December. That is just a fraction short of the required 55 percent of...
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