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Miami-Dade could ask developers to start paying for climate change costs
2016-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Miami New Times: Miami-Dade Could Ask Developers to Pay for Climate Change Costs If you live in South Florida, you've probably come around to the idea of climate change and realized _like it or not, sea levels are rising. But solutions to the problem are pricey, and there's no clear consensus on how we'll pay for the changes we need to continue living here. Four Miami-Dade commissioners have suggested an idea so new it doesn't appear any other city has implemented it: Create new "impact fees" that would require...
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Court decision on climate plan jolts carbon prices
2016-07-06 15:05:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A temporary halt to the federal government's plan to cut electric power plant emissions has caused carbon prices in the Northeast's only cap-and-trade program to plummet, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Carbon prices in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, have fallen 40 percent since the Supreme Court's decision in February to stay the Clean Power Plan -- from their peak at $7.50 per metric ton of carbon dioxide in December to $4.53 per ton in June. RGGI is America's...
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How the Worlds Most Fertile Soil Can Help Reverse Climate Change
2016-07-06 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Feeding more than 7 billion people with minimal environmental and climate impacts is no small feat. That parts of the world are plagued by obesity while starvation is rampant elsewhere shows part of the problem revolves around distribution and social equity. But agricultural methods pose some of the biggest challenges. Over the past half century, the world has moved increasingly to industrial agriculture--attempting to maximize efficiency through massive, often inhumane livestock operations; turning...
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Water world: rising tides close in on Trump, the climate change denier
2016-07-06 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On a hot and lazy afternoon in Palm Beach, the only sign of movement is the water gently lapping at the grounds of Mar-a-Lago, the private club that is the prize of Donald Trumps real estate acquisitions in Florida. Trump currently dismisses climate change as a hoax invented by China, though he has quietly sought to shield real estate investments in Ireland from its effects. But at the Republican presidential contenders Palm Beach estate and the other properties that bear his name in south...
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After record 2015, a dire warning for our climate future
2016-07-06 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: Just in time for World Meteorological Day 2016, 2015 is flagged for the numerous climate records that were shattered during the year, and a widely-debated study led by climate scientist James Hansen is warning that we may be on the verge of an era of dangerous sea level rise and superstorms due to climate change. "Hotter, drier, wetter. Face the future." In their latest Status of the Climate report, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is setting the tone for this year's World Meteorological...
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