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Climate change rally in Sydney draws thousands of protesters
2015-11-29 04:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Sydney to urge leaders to take action on climate change, with environmentalist Tim Flannery declaring the event the "biggest climate march this country's ever seen". People with drums, placards and costumes gathered in The Domain on Sunday, before the march down Macquarie Street to the Opera House, following speeches and performances calling on those at the Paris climate summit to shift more rapidly to renewable energy. Huge crowds gather for Sydney...
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Paris climate activists plan human chain on global day of action
2015-11-29 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Activists plan to join arms and form a "human chain" in Paris on Sunday to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France. More than 2,000 climate events are planned in cities including Sydney, Jakarta, Berlin, London, Sao Paulo and New York, making it one of the biggest days of action on climate change in history, organizers say. Activists in France scaled back their...
Turnbull says Shortens heroic climate target aimed making political point
2015-11-29 00:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Labors target on climate change is heroic and aimed at making a political point rather than helping the environment, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said. Turnbull is one of the nearly 150 world leaders who will be discussing post-2020 emissions reductions targets at a key United Nations climate conference in Paris, due to begin on Monday. He takes with him the governments target of a 26% to 28% cut of 2005 levels by 2030, a target announced by Turnbulls predecessor, Tony Abbott,...
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George Osborne has undermined UK role in climate talks
2015-11-28 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britain will enter the Paris climate change talks this week with its credentials as a responsible, low-emission power generator in tatters. That is the stark conclusion of one of the countrys leading energy experts, Professor Stuart Haszeldine of Edinburgh University. Haszeldine believes George Osbornes last-minute decision to axe the governments 1bn support for a scheme to capture and bury carbon dioxide emissions from power stations was a final act that utterly undermined British negotiators...
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Obama Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks Climate Accord
2015-11-28 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: At a joint news conference here Tuesday with President François Hollande of France, President Obama veered from his focus on the terrorist attacks in Paris to bring up the huge international gathering beginning in the French capital on Monday to hammer out a global response to climate change. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children, Mr. Obama said of the climate conference....
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