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30 Yrs After Scientists Alerted Congress to Climate Change, Signs Are Clearer
2016-06-17 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GreenTechMedia: The Energy Gang talks about shattered climate records-plus renewables overtaking natural gas and collaborative transmission planning. The Energy Gang talks about shattered climate records-plus renewables overtaking natural gas and collaborative transmission planning. Thirty years ago, a Republican-led Congressional committee held a two-day hearing on climate change. In June 1986, scientists didn't have the sophisticated measurement tools and supercomputer models that they have today. But they...
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China climate goals trigger launch of new derivatives
2016-06-17 10:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's clean energy pledges are prompting a supply of new financing tools to fund the estimated 43 trillion yuan ($6.53 trillion) needed to switch from heavy, polluting industries to clean projects. The Beijing Environment Exchange endorsed a call option backed by 20,000 local carbon permits on Thursday, the first of its kind in China, which was bought by trading firm CMB Sinolink. Rival bourse, the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, also plans to launch four forward contracts to trade...
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Livestock’s Contributions to Climate Change: Facts and Fiction
2016-06-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - As the November 2015 Global Climate Change Conference COP21 concluded in Paris, 196 countries reached agreement on the reduction of fossil fuel use and emissions in the production and consumption of energy, even to the extent of potentially phasing out fossil fuels out entirely, writes Frank Mitloehner.
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Britain might leave the European Union. Heres what that could mean for the climate
2016-06-16 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: On June 23, British voters will head to the polls to decide whether their nation should exit the European Union -- or Brexit, as it were. Most of the discussion about the referendum has centered on the economy, jobs, and immigration. But what about the impact on the climate and the broader environment? Opinion is divided. Here are arguments from the two camps. Remain! Many environmental leaders are pushing to stay in the EU, including those at Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. John Sauven,...
Will Our Politicians Now Take Climate Change Seriously?
2016-06-16 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CounterPunch: Western governments may be dithering over taking action over climate change, but their defence chiefs think differently -- at least regarding changing weapons systems to suit rising world temperatures. Major defense companies are studying the retro-fitting and upgrade of armanents, power plants and platforms to cope with rising temperatures amid predictions the world`s hot spots are getting hotter on land and on sea. The world`s defence chiefs are particularly concerned with two zones in particular,...
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