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If climate scientists are in it for the money, theyre doing it wrong
2016-05-30 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: It's Memorial Day, all Ars staff is off, and we're grateful for it (running a site remains tough work). But on a normal Monday, inevitably we'd continue to monitor news from the world of climate change. Our John Timmer examined the claims that scientists are in it solely for the money in February 2011, and we're resurfacing his piece for your holiday reading pleasure. One of the more unfortunate memes that makes an appearance whenever climate science is discussed is the accusation that, by hyping...
Australia: Labor leader Bill Shorten visits the Great Barrier Reef which is under threat from climate change
2016-05-30 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: IF YOU are confused about what the major parties are doing about environment policy, youre not the only one. The subject has been bogged down in claims and counterclaims and no where was this more apparent than during a leaders debate on Sunday, and one held at the National Press Club earlier this month between the environment ministers. How do you make sense of it all? Here's our easy guide to understanding what's going on. WHY EVERYONE CARES ABOUT THE 'TARGET' Both Labor and Liberal parties...
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Australias censorship Unesco climate report a Shakespearean tragedy
2016-05-30 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: That quote from Shakespeares Hamlet comes to mind: The lady doth protest too much, methinks. The lady in question is the Australian government, which some time in early January saw a draft of a report from a United Nations organisation. The report, provisionally titled Destinations at Risk: World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate, outlined how many world heritage sites around the world were being compromised by the impacts of climate change. One of the sites highlighted in...
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Australia: Climate change action vital to reef
2016-05-30 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Both the Coalition and Labor admit saving the Great Barrier Reef from devastating bleaching will require action on climate change. Their leaders turned their campaign focus to protecting the environmental icon on Monday, with Labor pledging $377 million in new funding for research and management. The coalition promised $6 million for another boat to cull crown of thorns starfish. Labor's cash injection will go to improving water quality, streamlining management and science, including a $50 million...
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Naomi Klein says Alberta wildfires linked to climate change in Calgary address
2016-05-30 05:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Refusing to link climate change to the Fort McMurray wildfires puts Albertans at odds with the scientific consensus and it's a barrier to a meaningful conversation on how to move forward, an award-winning journalist told hundreds at the Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences on Sunday. Naomi Klein, a best-selling author, social activist and filmmaker addressed themes from her most recent book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, in Calgary, the heart of the oil and...
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