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A judge just dealt a bitter setback to US climate change protesters
2016-01-14 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: A jury in Washington state is hearing the final arguments today (Jan. 14) in a huge case for the environmental movement. Five activists have been charged with criminal trespassing for blocking a train full of crude oil. The judge initially allowed the so-called "Delta Five' to use a so-called "necessity defense,' which argued that their criminal actions were justified by the threat of climate change. It is the first such case in the United States, and environmentalists were hoping for a precedent-setting...
Climate Change Backgrounder
2016-01-14 21:54:56| National Farmers Union
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Subtropical storm Alex: Is climate change to blame rare Jan hurricanes?
2016-01-14 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A subtropical storm is surprising meteorologists as it forms early in January, nearly six months ahead of the typical tropical storm season. Subtropical storm Alex is building over the Atlantic Ocean and is gaining strength as it approaches the Azores Islands, a chain of nine major islands owned by Portugal. By Thursday morning, Alex had produced sustained winds of 70 mph. The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June through November. The first named storm doesn't typically appear...
Climate calamity top threat to global economy in 2016
2016-01-14 11:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Disasters caused by climate change beat nuclear proliferation and forced migrations to head economists concerns for the year ahead. A survey of 750 experts by the World Economic Forum before its annual meeting in Switzerland next week pushed the environment to first place in 11 years. Climate change is exacerbating more risks than ever before in terms of water crises, food shortages, constrained economic growth, weaker societal cohesion and increased security risks, said Cecilia Reyes, chief...
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Danger ahead: migration, climate top risks for Davos leaders
2016-01-14 11:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: We live in an increasingly dangerous world, with political, economic and environmental threats piling up, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum. Ahead of its annual meeting in Davos next week, the group's 2016 Global Risks report on Thursday ranked the migrant crisis as the biggest single risk in terms of likelihood, while climate change was seen as having the greatest potential impact. Around 60 million people have been displaced by conflicts from Syria to South Sudan, pushing...
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