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Will Australias Far Right lose its stranglehold on climate policies?
2016-07-03 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Renew Economy: Even before the dust settled on the outcome of Australia`s federal election on Saturday, environmental groups and renewable energy promoters were celebrating a significant victory the departure of far right members of the Coalition and other conservatives who had stood in the way of climate policies and renewable energy. According to activist group Get Up, eight of the 12 conservatives who lost their seats were "right-wing blockers" who held us back on key issues like climate action" since late...
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India: Plant saplings to check climate change
2016-07-03 19:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, said on Sunday that it was essential to give importance to planting saplings to check global warming and climate change. He was speaking after inaugurating the 'Koti Vruksha Abhiyan` organised by the Department of Forests at the Town Hall, here. Mr. Madhwaraj said that a small country such as Bhutan had 80 per cent of forest cover. There were now variations in the onset of monsoon and seasonal changes. This year, the...
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Ireland: We have to talk climate change and the consequences of doing nothing
2016-07-03 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Examiner: Among them, one planned for a site in south Wexford is considered the test case, having gone through an An Bord Pleanála appeal complete with oral hearing. "I was happy that it went to Bord Pleanála because the board sets the standard,' says developer Patrick Blount. "We were confident that we had covered all the angles and the appeal and the hearing proved we had.' The site is at Coolroe, Ballycullane, Co Wexford, near historic Tintern Abbey, an area described as "gently rolling farmland',...
Ethiopia hit by climate change despite negligible emissions
2016-07-03 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Examiner: The UN special envoy for climate change and the El Nino weather pattern is spending three days in the country this week after widespread failure of rains and flash floods in the region over the last year. Ms Robinson, former UN high commissioner for human rights, said Ethiopia suffers some of the worst effects of climate change despite doing so little to cause it. I am saddened that Ethiopia should have to cope with this El Nino situation, she said. Despite the efforts of the government of...
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Mary Robinson: Ethiopia heavily impacted by climate change despite negligible emissions
2016-07-03 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BreakingNews: Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson has said it is unfair that Ethiopians are suffering the worst effects of climate change as 10 million people are hit by food shortages following the worst drought in 50 years. The UN special envoy for climate change and the El Nino weather pattern is spending three days in the country this week after widespread failure of rains and flash floods in the region over the last year. Mrs Robinson, former UN high commissioner for human rights, said Ethiopia...
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