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Nation losing a nuclear weapon against climate change
2016-06-22 10:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Some environmentalists are thrilled over Tuesdays announcement of the planned closing of Californias Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. They might want to reconsider: Fighting climate change requires more nuclear power, not less. That Diablo Canyons two reactors could be allowed to shut down is alarming evidence that too little effort is being made to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The electricity that the Diablo Canyon plant generates, which amounts to about 9 percent of Californias power,...
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New alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
2016-06-22 09:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it comes to confronting climate change, the worlds cities are proving that theres strength in unity. The historic climate agreement reached in Paris in December, which was approved by nearly all of the worlds nations, was made possible in part by the progress that cities have made by working together. Today, the two biggest coalitions of cities in the world the EU-based Covenant of Mayors and the UN-backed Compact of Mayors are forming an alliance to link more than 600 million city...
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Asia?s Rising Prosperity, Climate Change Taking Toll on Food Security
2016-06-22 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Asia's economic growth over the last decade has been relentless, bringing with it a rising population and an influx of people from the countryside to the cities in search of prosperity. These trends are not expected to abate. By 2025, the total population of Asia and the Pacific region should reach about 4.4 billion. And over the next 40 years, Asia's urban population is projected to increase from 1.9 billion to 3.2 billion. In another significant trend, the middle income population will also...
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City leaders unite to find ground-level climate change strategies
2016-06-22 05:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: A bottom-up strategy steered by local leadership can help tackle the challenges from climate change on the ground where it counts, officials said from Brussels. "Today, the world's cities are uniting their efforts to fight climate change behind a single global organization, something that has never before happened," former New York City Mayor and U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Change Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. On becoming a U.N. envoy after leaving office after 12 years as mayor...
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Climate change: poll finds support for strong action at highest level since 2008
2016-06-21 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Support for strong action on climate change is at its highest level since 2008, with much sought after uncommitted voters showing the strongest support, according to Galaxy polling commissioned by the Climate Institute. Despite that, voters were dissatisfied with both Labor and Coalition policies, with only 17% saying the Coalition had a credible climate plan and only 20% saying Labor did. Those findings fitted with an assessment of the main parties policies conducted by the Climate Institute,...
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