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Norway targets climate neutrality by 2030
2016-06-08 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Lawmakers recommend government adopts zero net emissions goal -- first proposed in 2012 -- in wake of Paris climate agreement Norways parliament is primed to approve a goal of slashing the countrys net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030. With Norway already sourcing 95% of its electricity from hydropower, the goal is likely to be achieved by buying vast quantities of overseas carbon credits. The oil and gas producer will have to further cut its carbon footprint in other sectors....
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Ontario's climate change action plan: what it needs to succeed
2016-06-08 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC.ca: Fighting climate change: Province will spend up to $8.3B, provide incentives Ontario premier expects criticism of climate change plan: 'We need to win those people over' 'Double whammy': Ontario climate change plan could spike hydro, natural gas rates Wynne government offering money for home-energy retrofits Premier Kathleen Wynne's showpiece action plan for tackling climate change will be unveiled today and it will have an impact on the way every single Ontarian consumes energy, whether through...
How climate change threatens panda conservation
2016-06-08 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Pandas do not like it hot and rising temperatures can also put pressure on their food supply by eliminating vast amounts of bamboo plants, researchers say. "Higher climate temperatures would upset the entire system in the panda reserves and the wild, eliminating vast amounts of bamboo," said one of the researchers James Spotila, professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. But burning out food sources is not the only problem when it comes to climate change. Rising temperatures...
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Major climate summit coming to Boston next year
2016-06-08 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: A major climate summit will come to Boston in 2017, putting the city on the world stage as urban leaders from the United States and China work to curb the effects of a warming planet. Secretary of State John F. Kerry made the announcement Tuesday at this year's conference in the hazy Chinese capital, declaring that cities like Boston were "in the eye of the climate change storm.' Kerry's speech served as a capstone to a climate summit that brought together mayors and other urban leaders from...
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Ireland can set a global example on climate change
2016-06-08 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: A few weeks ago, Danny Healy-Rae, the TD for Kerry, told the Dáil that humans have no influence over changes in weather patterns. That the planet is warming and the climate is changing are, he believes, functions of divine intervention. His hypothesis is informed by a deity rather than the data. The consensus of global scientific opinion, based on decades of research and analysis, is irrelevant. It would be easy, though mistaken, to dismiss the parliamentarian as an outlier. The world is replete...
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