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Bad news for the climate as methane leaks far surpass previous estimates
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Emissions of methane from the oil and gas industry vastly exceed federal government estimates, according to a definitive study published yesterday. The study finds that daily leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas wells in Texas' Barnett Shale matched the annual emissions of 8,000 cars. Meanwhile, in California's Aliso Canyon, a natural gas storage site has leaked at least 800,000 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalents of methane since Oct. 23, equal to the annual emissions from 168,421...
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Climate diplomats have 940 decisions to make in three days
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With three days left in their marathon negotiating sessions and 940 decisions still to be made, envoys at the United Nations climate summit are advancing toward a deal that would limit fossil fuel pollution everywhere. The talks that began Nov. 30 in Paris have drawn a record 150 world leaders and celebrities from Alec Baldwin to Arnold Schwarzenegger in support of the biggest agreement on global warming since 1997. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is hosting the discussions, is...
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Kiribati's climate change Catch-22
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: As world leaders try to hammer out a deal on climate change in Paris, a number of Pacific nations will be watching with interest. The impoverished country of Kiribati is one of them, having little resources to combat the issue. The BBC's Tim McDonald details its dilemma. Bwebweata Atiana ties his tiny hut to a pandanus tree. Almost every month, the high tide batters the beach next to it. Water washes all the way up to the main road that runs through his village here on Marakei, a small atoll about...
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Beijing's red alert is a sign that China must act on climate change
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Beijing's first-ever "red alert" signaling dangerously unhealthy levels of smog on Tuesday and Wednesday is putting pressure on the Chinese delegation at the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris, a meeting also known as COP21. The goal of the summit is to agree to a global climate treaty that would, for the first time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations as well as developing countries. One of the biggest developments in the run-up to COP21 was China's two agreements with the U.S....
US to double climate adaptation finance by 2020 Kerry
2015-12-09 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The US has made a play to unblock global climate talks in Paris with an offer of US$800 million to some of the world`s poorest nations for coping with extreme weather. Public grant-based finance would be doubled by 2020 said secretary of state John Kerry, just over 48 hours before a new deal is primed to be agreed. In a passionate speech that emphasised his personal commitment to tackling climate change, Kerry cited the 2014 US-China climate pact as evidence roadblocks to a deal were falling....
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