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Heres the GOP congressman whos trying kick-start new climate movement
2015-12-02 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Chris Gibson, a Republican congressman from upstate New York, has had some experience battling tall odds. He served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 2000 in the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, and Iraq, earning, among other awards, a Purple Heart and four Bronze Stars. His latest long-shot mission? Convincing his GOP colleagues to join the fight against climate change. Gibson has been among the tiny handful of House Republicans to vote in support of the EPA`s Clean Power Plan, President Obama`s signature effort...
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India's Need for Cheap Coal a Challenge for Climate Talks
2015-12-02 16:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: As world leaders gathered in Paris for the opening of the international climate conference on Nov. 30, excavators in a densely forested corner of eastern India were at work extracting coal at what in coming years is projected to become the biggest mine in Asia. The Magadh project, in the Indian state of Jharkhand, is part of a massive push by the world's third-largest carbon emitter to close the gap between the amount of coal it produces domestically and the amount it's consuming, particularly...
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More Exxon documents show how much knew about climate 35 yr ago
2015-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate:
This is how climate change doubt becomes powerful and spreads into the media
2015-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Much research has been devoted in recent years to understanding why doubt about human-caused climate change is so widespread. Many of these studies have focused on the factors that influence an individuals feelings about the issue, such as personal values, experiences and political alignments. But while such research has yielded useful insights into the ways climate science is received and understood by the public, few studies have explored the other side of the coin -- that is, the factors that...
A change in tone for Vladimir Putin's climate change pledges
2015-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Many observers were surprised on Monday when President Vladmir V. Putin of Russia - the head of a heavily polluting petrostate and a longtime skeptic of climate change - offered a platter of climate-friendly platitudes to his fellow world leaders. "Climate change has become one of the gravest challenges humanity is facing," he said. He went on, "Caused by global warming, hurricanes, droughts, floods and other anomalies are the source of economic damage." If the other leaders' jaws did not drop,...
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