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Progress, but more to do on climate change
2016-01-02 13:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sun Times: The agreement reached in Paris doesn't solve climate change, but it created a framework through which the world can take measurable, verifiable action to see emissions peak, stabilize and eventually decline. Many people, including myself, are still hazy about the term "global warming". One sign that much has changed is that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, was in Paris as head of the Financial Stability Board to announce a new global task force with a mandate to find ways of identifying...
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Canada: Environmentalists don't see Regina pushing on climate change front
2016-01-02 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Regina Leader-Post: On the heels of the Paris Climate Change Conference, governments at all levels are looking inward, parsing what role they have to play. The City of Regina is no exception: The municipality has been in this game a while and considers itself a leader in this area. But local environmental experts see a lag in municipal efforts at a time when the issue -- and the globe -- are heating up. A strong start Regina`s climate change commitment dates back two decades, when it became the third Canadian...
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Our Fragile Planet: The climate change express
2016-01-02 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quad City Times: Happy New Year. We have advanced another year in the evolution of mankind and the climate on the planet. One year is an infinitesimally small slice of the climate pie. However, changes are occurring so rapidly that we need to evaluate where we are and whether we are managing our future, or if we are totally out of control. The climate change express continues to roll. The start of another year is always a good time to look back and reflect on what we have seen over the past few months and what that...
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Unique Indian geological feature may mitigate climate change
2016-01-01 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Web India: India is blessed with an extraordinary geological feature that may provide a natural solution to the problem of climate change, according to some geologists. Scientists have known for years that carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels has been warming the planet. The just-concluded meeting in Paris urged nations to cut their CO2 emissions to ensure that the global temperature does not rise more than 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, while aiming for a 1.5 degree limit....
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Big oil companies united to fight regulations - but spent millions bracing for climate change
2015-12-31 17:56:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
"Let's face it: The science of climate change is too uncertain to mandate a plan of action that could plunge economies into turmoil," the ad said. "Scientists cannot predict with certainty if temperatures will increase, by how much and where changes will occur."
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