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Paris climate change treaty to be enshrined in UK law
2016-03-14 22:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A key Paris climate treaty commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions will be enshrined in UK law, the Government has said. Energy minister Andrea Leadsom told MPs that the Government wanted to capture the momentum of Paris and would seek to commit future governments to the pledge, part of the treaty which was signed by 200 countries in December. The commitment was secured following lobbying by the former Labour leader and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, who had been seeking...
Climate change redistributes global water resources
2016-03-14 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Analysis of more than 40 years of water samples archived at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF) in New Hampshire tells a vivid tale of how the sources of precipitation have changed. Over the years, there has been a dramatic increase, especially during the winter, of the amount of water that originated far to the north. "In the later years, we saw more water derived from evaporation of the Arctic and the North Atlantic oceans," said Tamir Puntsag, a graduate student at the SUNY College...
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Sanders, Clinton, Rubio, and Kasich answer climate debate questions
2016-03-14 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last week, the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates participated in debates in Florida. A bipartisan group of 21 Florida mayors wrote to the debate moderators to argue it would be unconscionable for these issues of grave concern for the people of Florida [climate change and sea level rise] to not be addressed. The moderators of both debates listened, and asked the candidates questions about climate change including by far the most substantive climate question posed to the Republican...
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Cool Effect Launches Beta Platform For Individuals To Take Action On Climate Change
2016-03-14 03:10:59| pollutiononline News Articles
Cool Effect recentlyunveiled the beta version of its platform, a destination designed to unite people with the common goal to fight global warming
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Alaskans use Arctic Science Summit Week to focus on climate change
2016-03-14 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch News: As eyes turn to Fairbanks this month for the 2016 Arctic Science Summit Week, residents are gathering to have their say on an urgent crisis facing Arctic communities: climate change. The ASSW states its purpose is to facilitate communication across academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and other Arctic stakeholders. With this goal in mind, the concurrent Fairbanks Rally for a Clean Energy Economy has stepped up communication on the part of...
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