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Alberta co-chair of climate change advisory group regrets likening oilsands to 'Mordor'
2016-07-14 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party is criticizing the NDP government for appointing someone to an advisory group who once compared the oilsands to "Mordor." Mordor is a dark, scorched land of suffering in the fictional world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. On Wednesday, the province announced the members of an 18-member advisory group to implement Alberta's climate-change plan. The group's mandate is to provide advice on ways to ensure that initiatives created as part of the government's...
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Leonardo DiCaprios foundation grants $15.7 M to stop climate change
2016-07-14 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio`s foundation is set to donate USD 15.7 million to help solve environmental issues, such as climate change. The 41-year-old actor announced that the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is to pledge the huge sum to fund conservation and environmental programmes to help combat climate change, reported Us Weekly. "Today we are greatly increasing our level of vital grant making and strategic partnerships to help solve some of the world`s most pressing environmental challenges,"...
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Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance
2016-07-13 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
POLITICO: Facing the increasing likelihood of a Hillary Clinton presidency, growing attacks from liberals and its own divides over a potential carbon tax, the oil industry is rethinking its political strategy on climate change. The American Petroleum Institute is making quiet efforts to revamp its climate messaging, creating a task force that could revisit the industrys long-held opposition to taxing greenhouse gas emissions. Many in the politically powerful industry believe that such a levy could be on...
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Conservatives Most Malleable on Climate Change Beliefs, New Study Finds
2016-07-13 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Maine Public Broadcasting: When it comes to communicating climate change, there can be a thin line between making things seem completely hopeless in the world and making adaptation and even mitigation seem possible. New research from the University of Maine finds that there is one way to engage people on the subject: give them an estimated date for what's known as "climate departure." That's a crucial benchmark, meaning the warmest day of each year will be as warm or warmer going forward. The study of about 400 people...
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Climate Action Through Equity
2016-07-13 19:31:37| PortlandOnline
A case study of how equity was integrated into all levels of Portland and Multnomah Countys 2015 Climate Action Plan PDF Document, 2,126kbCategory: 2015 Climate Action Plan
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