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Climate Change Causes the Earth's Axis to Shift
2016-04-11 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Melting ice caps and changes in the continental waters are causing the Earth to wobble on its axis. Climate change has long been considered a threat to human beings, but a new study showed that climate change also affects how the Earth tilts its axis in an interesting and harmless way. Researchers already know that the Earth's spin axis has been drifting and this is attributed to the melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica. In a report from CBS News, Erik Ivins, a scientist at NASA's Jet...
Parallels Between Climate Change and Gender Equality
2016-04-11 09:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Helena Morrissey, chief executive officer of Newton Investment Management, discusses women in the boardroom and her seminar on how women change the priority of what the board talks about. She speaks to Bloomberg's Manus Cranny on "Countdown."
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Federal Court rules in Favour of Plaintiffs Demanding Climate Action
2016-04-11 08:56:53| Jewelry - Topix.net
Federal court Justice Thomas Coffin has ruled that child plaintiffs suing the Federal Government have a right to put their case, that the US Government has a constitutional obligation to reduce CO2 emissions. But the consequences of this case may go far beyond an economically damaging change to US internal policy.
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Climate change plan: thinktank suggests policy both sides of politics can embrace
2016-04-11 07:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A climate change policy that could be both effective, and potentially supported by both major parties, has been proposed by the Grattan Institute in a new report that tries to find a pragmatic solution to the decade of toxic political debates on the issue. Media reports have emerged suggesting Labor would adopt a policy of opening an inquiry into Australias energy industry, and shutting down the oldest and dirtiest power stations to lower emissions and create more demand for renewable energy....
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World Bank to shift focus to climate change
2016-04-11 06:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: The World Bank announced Thursday it is making a "fundamental shift" away from financing efforts to ease global poverty, towards tackling climate change. The group, which provides financial assistance to the developing world, said all future spending under its new Climate Change Action Plan would be respectful of the environment and specifically 28 percent of new investments will fund projects that fight climate change. The Climate Change Action Plan spells out the organization's actions to...
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