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Changing the Way We Farm Could Help Stop Climate Change
2016-04-10 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, 112.4 million acres of farmland were abandoned as the country's collectivized farming system collapsed along with it. Over the next 20 years, that land became one of the largest areas in the world to sequester carbon. The region, known as a carbon sink, is equal to between 10 and 20 percent of the sequestration action of Russia's woodlands, which include vast tracts of boreal forests. Every year, the former farmland absorbs 42.6 million metric tons...
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Climate Rally for Bernie Sanders Draws 1,000 Anti-Fracking Activists
2016-04-10 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday afternoon, in an old vaudeville music hall in downtown Kingston, New York, Bernie Sanders campaign held a rally for clean energy and safe climate to build support for the presidential candidate and mobilize the Hudson Valley, Catskills and Southern Tier to fight climate change in advance of New Yorks Democratic primary election on April 19. Sanders himself was not on hand--nor was he part of the billing. Nevertheless, more than 1,000 people packed the damp, chilly hall to standing...
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Australia: After the outrage, where to next for CSIRO's climate science?
2016-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: There was a moment during CSIRO chief Larry Marshall's grilling by a Senate committee last week. Dr Marshall was being quizzed about his management of an organisational restructure. His aim is to get the nation's premier research agency, with 5000 employees and a century-long tradition of research in the public interest, to run more like a start-up company. The facts have been widely reported. At least 350 jobs will go over two years. Land and Water, and Oceans and Atmosphere are the two divisions...
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Amazon Peoples and Climate Change
2016-04-10 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Intercontinental Cry: Indigenous Peoples and their relationship to the land is distinctly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This relationship is also key to confronting the agents of change. In this 22-minute documentary, you will hear Indigenous Peoples from across the Peruvian Amazon describe how climate change is effecting them and the biodiversity their cultures and communities depend on. The film, produced by EBA Amazon, also highlights the stewardship role that Indigenous Peoples play-- especially...
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Federal Court Rules On Climate Change In Favor Of Today's Children
2016-04-10 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: In the first lawsuit to involve a planet, Judge Thomas Coffin of the United States Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon, ruled on Friday in favor of twenty-one plaintiffs, ages 8 to 19, on behalf of future generations of Americans in a landmark constitutional climate change case brought against the Federal Government and the Fossil Fuel Industry. The lawsuit alleges that the Federal Government is violating the Plaintiffs constitutional and public trust rights by promoting the use of fossil...
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