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Despite Push for Cleaner Cars, Sheer Numbers Could Work Against Climate Benefits
2015-12-07 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As United Nations climate conferees meet near here, Eric Feunteun wishes everyone could agree: If the world is going to curb climate change, there is no choice but to stop driving cars that burn fossil fuels. If we want affordable, practical and fully green technology, Mr. Feunteun said in an interview in an office building on the edge of Paris, the electric vehicle is the answer at this stage. Mr. Feunteun is hardly an unbiased source. He heads the electric car program at the French automaker...
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Ice and the Sky: the cold truth about climate change
2015-12-07 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Claude Lorius sits on a rocky outcrop and gazes pensively across a vast, white vista. Next to him a penguin patters past, hesitates and plops into the icy water. It is hard to tell who is most at home. One of the most poignant moments in Luc Jacquets breathtaking documentary, Ice and the Sky (La Glace et le Ciel), it is a beautiful scene of quiet contemplation. But then Lorius, 83, has much to reflect on. Fresh-faced and eager, he set out during the International Geophysical Year, nearly 60 years...
Will Climate Change Break the Global Food System?
2015-12-07 07:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: This commentary is co-authored by Carter Roberts, President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Extreme weather events scuttling harvests. Skyrocketing food prices causing famine for millions and driving multitudes into poverty. Governments toppling - again - in Pakistan and Ukraine. Massive floods driving millions of refugees from their homes in Bangladesh and putting pressure on neighboring India. Droughts devastating harvests in traditional bread baskets like the U.S. and Brazil. The E.U.,...
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Three food companies with a climate footprint bigger than the Netherlands
2015-12-07 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They may not be household names but collectively global food companies Cargill, Tyson and Yara have a bigger climate footprint than the Netherlands, Vietnam or Columbia, according to a new analysis. The startling revelation from the NGO Global Justice Now comes at a time when fossil fuel companies such as Shell and BP continue to dominate discussions about climate change. Far less attention has been paid to the agri-food sector, despite as much as 29% of global emissions being associated with...
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Sanders unveils plan to address climate change
2015-12-07 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is rolling out a plan to slow down the impact of climate change, vowing to cut U.S. carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The Democratic presidential candidate said in a proposal released Monday that he would seek to impose a tax on carbon dioxide pollution, long a non-starter with majority Republicans in Congress, and aim to slash carbon pollution in the U.S. by 80 percent by 2050 compared to levels in 1990. The proposal, he said, would put "people before the profits...
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