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U.S. states signed pact to keep Exxon climate probe confidential
2016-08-04 06:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A pact that 15 U.S. states signed to jointly investigate Exxon Mobil Corp for allegedly misleading the public about climate change sought to keep prosecutors' deliberations confidential and was broadly written so they could probe other fossil fuel companies. The "Climate Change Coalition Common Interest Agreement" was signed by state attorneys general in May, two months after they held a press conference to say they would go after Exxon, the world's largest publicly-traded oil and gas company,...
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Ethiopia: Building Climate Resilient Economy As Part of Sustainable Development
2016-08-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ethiopian Herald: Ethiopia is a home for nearly 100 million people. The nation's economic mainstay is agricultural sector that is also a means of livelihood of 85 per cent of the population. And it plays key role for earning foreign exchange. The sector which depends on the extraction of natural resources needs conservation and the preservation of balanced ecosystem for utilizing the resource in a sustainable manner. However, the sector is not only affected by local human activity but also by the climate change which...
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FactCheck Q&A: as the climate changes, are 750 million refugees predicted to move away from flooding?
2016-08-04 05:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: PETER SINGER: That is going to basically inundate every coastal city around the world, including, of course, all Australian major cities are coastal. It is going - estimated to cause something like 750 million refugees just moving away from that flooding. Never mind those who also because refugees because (indistinct) VIRGINIA TRIOLI: Some of those claims are contested, of course? PETER SINGER: Well, they are contested but do you want to take the chance, right? Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp...
UA scientists help U.S. military prepare for climate change
2016-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tucson News: We see all the damage from the monsoon storms all over our yards and our roads, but what we might not realize is global warming has an effect on these storms and has a possible impact on our nation's ability to defend itself. To be ready, the U.S. Department of Defense has asked the University of Arizona to find out how climate change might be affecting summer storms in Arizona where we have so many military installations, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base right here in Tucson UA scientists...
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Looking, Quickly, for the Fingerprints of Climate Change
2016-08-02 00:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: When days of heavy rain in late May caused deadly river flooding in France and Germany, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh got to work. Dr. van Oldenborgh is not an emergency responder or a disaster manager, but a climate researcher with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. With several colleagues around the world, he took on the task of answering a question about the floods, one that arises these days whenever extreme weather occurs: Is climate change to blame? For years, most meteorologists...
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