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Four Climate Change Questions For David Cameron
2016-01-11 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Following the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, one of its intellectual architects says it raises crucial questions for the Prime Minister ahead of his appearance before the Liaison Committee tomorrow. The Paris Agreement achieved just before Christmas represents a historic turning-point in the world's struggle to combat the threat of dangerous climate change. But any agreement is only as strong as the manner of its implementation, and attention is already now turning to how countries...
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Billionaire activist urges Obama to focus State of the Union on climate change
2016-01-11 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer pressed Barack Obama on Monday to go out with a bang and make global warming central to the message of his last State of the Union address. In a conference call with reporters, Steyer said the speech on Tuesday offered one of the last high-visibility moments for Obama to make his case to the American public for a transformation of the US energy and climate system. Related: Obama: GOP is the 'only major party in advanced world' to deny climate change ...
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Activists who blocked oil train will argue in court it was necessary because climate change
2016-01-11 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In September 2014, five climate activists with Rising Tide Seattle managed to halt the passage of a crude oil train at the BNSF Delta rail yard in Everett, Wash. After eight hours blocking the tracks, the five were arrested and charged with criminal trespass and blocking a train. Today, they go on trial. In court, the activists - known as the Delta 5 - will argue their act of civil disobedience was necessary. A spokesperson for Rising Tide said the activists "will be the first ever to argue that...
Senates biggest climate denier just endorsed Marco Rubio
2016-01-11 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If any straggling climate hawks werent sure what to think about Marco Rubio, this news might help them make up their minds: The presidential candidate just picked up the endorsement of Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.). Inhofe, the climate ostrich who inexplicably chairs the Senate Environment Committee, is best known for calling climate change the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people and for trying to prove his point by throwing a snowball on the Senate floor. Last month, he back-patted...
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Giant icebergs are slowing climate change, research reveals
2016-01-11 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Giant melting icebergs may be a symbol of climate change but new research has revealed that the plumes of nutrient-rich waters they leave in their wake lead to millions of tonnes of carbon being trapped each year. Researchers examined 175 satellite photos of giant icebergs in the Southern Ocean which surrounds Antarctica and discovered green plumes stretching up to 1,000km behind them. The greener colour of the plumes is due to blooms of phytoplankton, which thrive on the iron and other nutrients...
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