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Cruz says he would withdraw US from Paris climate accord if elected
2015-12-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Sen. Ted Cruz, who has questioned the existence of global warming, said Tuesday that if he were elected president, he would withdraw the United States from the landmark climate agreement reached in Paris earlier this month. "Barack Obama seems to think the SUV parked in your driveway is a bigger threat to national security than radical Islamic terrorists who want to kill us. Thats just nutty," Cruz told reporters in a high school classroom here. "These are ideologues, they dont focus on the...
US gives meat producers a pass on climate change emissions
2015-12-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reveal: If the Paris climate pact is going to succeed at staving off climate change disaster, the 195 participating countries will need to achieve a difficult feat trust. Yet the U.S. government already is failing to implement its own rules on tracking emissions. It is not collecting emission reports from one of the countrys largest sources of greenhouse gases: meat production. In its latest appropriations bill passed Friday, Congress renewed a provision that prevents the Environmental Protection...
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Will Trudeaus infrastructure billions worsen climate crisis?
2015-12-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the Paris climate agreement by committing to take on the tough work that still needs to be accomplished both at home and around the world to implement the agreement. Part of that tough work will be re-orienting federal funding to stop making the climate crisis worse. Given Trudeaus statements on the seriousness of the climate crisis, you might expect that the multi-billion dollar infrastructure program he ran on in the election would already be targeted...
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After Paris accord, most US Republicans back action on climate
2015-12-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A majority of U.S. Republicans who had heard of the international climate deal in Paris said they support working with other countries to curb global warming and were willing to take steps to do so, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday. The desire for action is notable for an issue that has barely made a ripple on the campaign trail among 2016 Republican presidential candidates. Few of the Republican White House contenders have said much at all about the United Nations summit in Paris...
Unusual winter has millennials concerned about climate change
2015-12-23 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Unusual weather is dominating the conversation on social media for the holidays, especially among millennials, who are increasingly concerned about climate change. Yik Yak, a location-based mobile app popular with millennials, surveyed its audience and found nearly 70 percent are worried about climate change. More than a quarter of them say their concern has grown due to the unusual winter weather this year. In New York City, 65-degree-plus weather is predicted for Christmas Day, potentially...
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