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City Becomes The First In The World To Implement Climate Change Warning Stickers At Gas Stations
2015-11-20 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Drivers in one Canadian city will soon be getting a dose of climate reality when they go to the gas station. The city of North Vancouver, British Columbia passed a law this week that mandates climate change warning stickers be applied to gas pumps in the city. The vote makes the city the first in the world to implement such a law. The City Council still has to approve designs for the stickers, but a city staff report recommended including messages such as "Get $5,000 toward a purchase of a new...
Whats really at stake at the Paris climate conference now marches are banned
2015-11-20 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Whose security gets protected by any means necessary? Whose security is casually sacrificed, despite the means to do so much better? Those are the questions at the heart of the climate crisis, and the answers are the reason climate summits so often end in acrimony and tears. The French governments decision to ban protests, marches and other outdoor activities during the Paris climate summit is disturbing on many levels. The one that preoccupies me most has to do with the way it reflects the...
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Dems push GOP get on board with climate talks
2015-11-20 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: House Democrats showed their enthusiasm for the upcoming Paris climate talks on Thursday, and condemned Republicans who are wary of the landmark summit. At a forum hosted by House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats, along with members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), lawmakers heard from foreign governments on the climate challenges their countries are facing and their expectations for the United Nations talks in December. Its a very frustrating time...
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Super-rich Qatar delivers target-free UN climate pledge
2015-11-20 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Qatar said it is braced for sea-level rise as the planet overheats, but will not accept carbon-cutting policies as they would risk its oil-based wealth. That was the message of the country with the highest per capita income in the world and host of the 2012 UN climate summit as it submitted a non-committal pledge to a climate rescue pact on Friday. The leading natural gas exporter said national policies to prune carbon emissions may negatively impact the strength of Qatars economy and potentially...
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Albertas climate change strategy must include renewables
2015-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: As Alberta gets ready to release its updated climate change strategy, renewable industries say it must include a permanent energy efficiency program, strategies to green up the electricity grid and a universal carbon tax. The province said it will unveil the strategy before the international climate change talks start in Paris at the end of the month, with at least part of it expected by Monday when the premier departs for the first ministers meeting in Ottawa. It comes as a new report, Powering...
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