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Warming climate is bad news for western US aquifers
2016-02-24 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: By 2050 climate change will increase the groundwater deficit even more for four economically important aquifers in the western U.S., reports a University of Arizona-led team of scientists. The new report is the first to integrate scientists' knowledge about groundwater in the U.S. West with scientific models that show how climate change will affect the region. "We wanted to know, 'What are the expectations for increases and decreases in groundwater as we go forward in this century?'" said lead...
Who's in line to be the next UN climate change chief?
2016-02-24 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theres a well-paid vacancy at the United Nations going at the moment. After six years in the hot-seat, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres is off, with a global pact at the top of her CV. The hunt is on for her replacement, the UN job portal is open, the salary in the region of $200,000 (143,000). Applicants need to demonstrate vision, communication skills, experience of working with senior leaders and be a patient sort. With less than five years until a new global pact comes into...
Climate change takes from the poor, gives to the rich, study finds
2016-02-24 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: Fish and other important resources are moving toward the Earth's poles as the climate warms, and wealth is moving with them, according to a new paper by scientists at Rutgers, Princeton, Yale, and Arizona State universities. Climate change is forcing some species of migrating fish to shift their range toward the poles, which means big changes for people whose livelihoods depend on those fish. "What we find is that natural resources like fish are being pushed around by climate change, and that...
Exclusive: New York asks SEC to force climate vote onto Exxon proxy
2016-02-24 08:34:04| Chemicals - Topix.net
New York state's comptroller and four other Exxon Mobil shareholders asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week to force the oil producer to include a climate change resolution in its annual shareholder proxy, according to a filing seen by Reuters. The move, the first since the Paris climate accord, ratchets up the tension between the world's largest publicly traded oil company and a growing chorus of investors concerned that climate change or legislation designed to curb it will harm Exxon's ability to operate profitably.
Heathrow 13 likely to become UK's first climate change protesters to be jailed
2016-02-24 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The 13 activists who chained themselves to Heathrows northern runway are likely to become the first climate change protesters to be jailed in the UK when they are sentenced on Wednesday morning, despite the support of prominent politicians. The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said it would be a disgrace and that he was shattered by the concept of the Heathrow 13 being imprisoned, while the Green MP Caroline Lucas said it would be deeply unjust. Heathrow executives said that the protesters...
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