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Alberta cities, towns brace for climate change costsa
2015-11-25 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: As Albertans glance at the details about how the province's new climate change policy will increase home heating costs and the price at the pumps, financial officers inside city and town halls are busy working their calculators and spreadsheets to get a sense of the looming impact. The bigger the town or city, the heftier the blow. "We are a very large business with 20,000 employees," said Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. "We're still analysing what that means to us as an organization." The...
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Paris climate deal needs solidarity on loss and damage
2015-11-25 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Solidarity. It will be top of all participants minds at the upcoming climate summit in Paris. As more than 130 world leaders descend on the French capital, there is no doubt that recent terrorist attacks will lend solemnity and additional pressure for a successful climate deal. Many will consider a successful agreement an act of solidarity with the French Presidency, and the French people. Theres another group with whom it is crucial to seek solidarity in agreeing the new international climate...
The Psychological Dimension Behind Climate Negotiations
2015-11-24 11:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Transcript Ahead of the climate talks in Paris, researchers stress the importance of psychological research. Studies indicate countries could walk away from a deal even if it is in their best effort to agree. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Over the next few weeks, the U.S. and other negotiators will meet in Paris to try to finalize a huge climate deal. My colleague Steve Inskeep spoke with NPR's Shankar Vedantam on a hidden factor in those negotiations. STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: The science is...
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California, An Environmental Leader, Eyes A Key Role In Climate Talks
2015-11-24 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: World leaders are scheduled to meet in Paris soon, trying to draft an agreement on how to combat climate change. Among the heads of state, you'll also see California Gov. Jerry Brown, who is spearheading his own international climate movement. Brown has been on an international diplomatic tour the last few months - all about climate change. "The world faces an existential threat," he told Canadian leaders in July. Then, he went to the Vatican. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also...
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Activists occupy climate ship caught searching for oil
2015-11-24 01:46:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Five Greenpeace activists stormed on-board a New Zealand Government ship this morning in Wellington and are now locked to it, after discovering it has been searching for oil. Greenpeace says the NIWA taxpayer-funded climate and ocean research boat, Tangaroa, has been refitted at a cost of $24 million for oil and gas exploration, and is now surveying for oil on the East Coast of the North Island on behalf of petroleum giants Statoil and Chevron.
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