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Trudeaus victory may not mean huge shift in Canadas climate policy
2015-10-20 19:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Well before his stunning victory in Canadas elections, Justin Trudeau, the Liberal party leader, telephoned David Suzuki, the countrys best-known science broadcaster, environmentalist - and a national treasure - to ask for his endorsement. The conversation did not go well. Suzuki admitted to journalists he called Trudeau a twerp, and the Liberal leader dismissed his critique of the partys climate policy as sanctimonious crap. Those hoping for a U-turn in Canadas climate change policy after...
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France hopeful on climate deal after rocky start to U.N. talks
2015-10-20 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Prospects for a U.N. deal in Paris in December meant to mark a "turning point" in slowing climate change have brightened after an acrimonious start to the final preparatory talks in Germany, France said on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there was a growing consensus that national pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020, the building blocks of a deal in Paris, should be reviewed and toughened every five years. "The climate ... is positive" for a deal in Paris...
Pathway to $100bn emerging ahead of Paris climate summit
2015-10-20 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The worlds richest countries are back on the hook. For a few balmy weeks in October a proposed draft UN deal offered a chance they might not have to fork out billons to help developing countries climate-proof their economies. They were disabused of that notion at 4am on Tuesday morning, when a new pumped-up text emerged, the result of a negotiations blow-out on Monday in Bonn, home to a week of UN talks. A section detailing what assistance poorer countries will require to invest in green...
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Climate takes low profile as Xi Jinping visits UK
2015-10-20 18:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Chinese flags are out in the Mall, London, alternating with the Union Jack. At Buckingham Palace, royal staff are setting out a state banquet. President Xi Jinping is in town and the UK government is sparing no effort to make him feel welcome. It has 30 billion reasons to do so the pound value of deals expected to be announced during the visit. These include a contentious Chinese stake in British nuclear plants. Beyond that, chancellor George Osborne is bidding to become Chinas best partner...
?Exxon Knew Everything Was to Know About Climate Change Mid-1980s & Denied It
2015-10-20 18:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: A few weeks before the last great international climate conference-2009, in Copenhagen-the e-mail accounts of a few climate scientists were hacked and reviewed for incriminating evidence suggesting that global warming was a charade. Eight separate investigations later concluded that there was literally nothing to "Climategate," save a few sentences taken completely out of context-but by that time, endless, breathless media accounts about the "scandal" had damaged the prospects for any progress at...
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