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Excuses for climate inaction melt away
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: With every passing month, the arguments for inaction on climate change are melting away faster than glaciers in Alaska. Let's take them one at a time. Argument No. 1: The science is uncertain. Actually, it's not. An overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that human activity is warming the planet. In fact, based on global surface temperatures, 2015 is on track to eclipse 2014 as the warmest year on record. This past summer was the hottest in recorded history, topping 2014 and even 1998,...
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It's Wonderful to Watch Democrats Compete Over Climate Change
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: Climate change has officially entered prime-time politics. In the initial moments of this year's first Democratic presidential primary debate, four of the five candidates raised the issue in their opening statementsa stark contrast not only to the Republican candidates, who hardly mentioned climate change at all in their two debates to date, but also to previous election cycles. In the past, climate change has barely rated more than a passing mention from candidates of either party. At best, it's...
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Mexico Challenges Other Nations to Act Boldly against Climate Change
2015-10-14 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Where some are planning walls, others are planning windows. Or rather, pipelines. Across the dusty 1,954-mile border between Mexico and the United States, international companies are gearing up to spend more than $10 billion on thousands of miles of steel tubes carrying cheap natural gas from Texas to hungry markets on the other side of the Rio Grande. The recent surge in natural gas investment is just one element of the colossal changes underway in Mexicos energy portrait. Fracturing monopolies,...
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Second Nature and USGBC Announce 2015 Climate Leadership Award Winners
2015-10-14 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Climate Change May Destroy Global Food Chains, New Study Reveals
2015-10-13 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Disney's Pocahontas got it right when singing to John Smith that "every species is connected in a circle that never ends."What she didn't explain is what happens when a single plant, animal or organism is removed from this balanced system? But given the increasing amount of carbon build up, we may soon find out, a new study reveals. Researchers from the University of Adelaide recently conducted a global analysis of marine responses to increasing carbon dioxide emissions, and their findings suggest...
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