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Catholics back childrens climate lawsuit against US government
2016-01-21 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Homes: Two Catholic networks are backing a youth lawsuit against the US government, calling for stronger action on climate change. The Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) and the Leadership Council of Women Religious said the case touched on a scriptural obligation to care for God`s creation. Citing an encyclical issued by Pope Francis last year on environmental protection titled 'Laudato Si` ('Praise be to you`), they filed a document siding with 21 young plaintiffs. It sets the church at...
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Getting 196 Countries To Agree On Climate Change Was ?The Easy Part?
2016-01-21 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: For all those who thought settling the Paris climate agreement was enough to lead to a low-carbon economy, its time to wake up and smell the coffee. This message comes from none other than Christiana Figueres, who was instrumental in bringing 196 countries together to agree on the framework to limit runaway global warming. Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that while the talks were a success, "frankly, after 20 years of working towards that...
Ted Cruz misstates science of climate change
2016-01-21 09:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Answering a question this week about climate change during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Ted Cruz was worlds apart from the scientific consensus that sees a world that is warming because of human activity. Some of the GOP presidential candidate's claims and how they compare with the facts: CRUZ: "The satellites that actually measure the temperature, that we've launched into the air to measure the temperature, they have recorded no significant warming whatsoever for the last 18 years." THE...
Victorian farmers call for pipelines save region from climate change
2016-01-21 04:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Record dry weather in the usually wet farming regions of south-west Victoria has forced farmers to queue for water from a community bore, and led to calls for infrastructure that will future-proof the region in relation to climate change. Two winters with little rain, followed by completely dry springs and summers have left livestock producers in the west Wimmera and southern Grampians with record low levels of water storage, Tim Leeming, a farmer and regional chair of the Southern Australia Meat...
Climate deniers attack NASA scientist dying cancer
2016-01-21 02:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Readers of The New York Times were treated to a deeply touching essay this week by Piers Sellers, a NASA astronaut and climate scientist who was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Sellers wrote: This diagnosis puts me in an interesting position. Ive spent much of my professional life thinking about the science of climate change, which is best viewed through a multidecadal lens. At some level I was sure that, even at my present age of 60, I would live to see the most critical part...
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