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Bernie Sanders takes on Trump over drought and climate change
2016-06-02 06:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Bernie Sanders, traipsing across far-flung regions of California as he seeks a comeback victory here next week, swatted at likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for minimizing the states water shortage and the effects of climate change. The people of California perceive that there was a drought here, and Donald has come to tell you that youre wrong, Sanders said. You thought there was a drought, but Donald, who has studied this issue intensely for decades, has reached the conclusion...
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Life is not reality TV: Ex US envoy attacks Trump climate plans
2016-06-01 13:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Todd Stern delivers blistering riposte to Trump claims he would nix Paris climate agreement and scrap environmental laws "Ludicrous... stunningly misguided... wrongheaded". Two months since leaving his role as US climate envoy, Todd Stern has come out gunning for Donald Trumps plans to ditch the Paris climate agreement if he wins the White House. The United States has no power to cancel it. This isnt reality TV, he writes in an unusually blunt Washington Post column. You cant tell...
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Energy ministers gather in San Francisco to reboot climate moon-shot
2016-06-01 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Bill Gates and officials from over 20 governments will meet to discuss plans for a vast hike in clean-tech funding by 2020 Whatever happened to Mission Innovation? Launched at the start of the 2015 Paris climate talks, the initiative promised to unleash the financial and scientific power of the public and private sector on developing new forms of green energy. Governments including the US, UK, France, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and India promised to double clean-tech research and development...
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Study: Climate change makes our food more poisonous
2016-06-01 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Extreme weather is increasing toxins in our food - which can be fatal. As temperatures keep rising, it seems the problem will only get worse. DW interviews a chief scientist at UNEP. Extreme weather is increasing the levels of toxins in our food, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). With global temperatures set to rise by more 3 degrees Celsius, scientists warn the problem will only get worse. DW spoke with UNEP chief scientist Jacqueline McGlade out...
Make building standards top priority for tackling climate change, says IEA chief
2016-06-01 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Buildings currently being constructed at an increasing rate in developing countries are locking the world into high greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come, the worlds leading authority on energy has warned. Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that the worlds number one priority in tackling climate change must be to ensure those buildings meet higher standards of efficiency and safety. This would be the single most important step I want...
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