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Sierra Clubs Aaron Mair Responds Sen Ted Cruzs Attack on Climate Science
2015-10-08 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: This week, Sen. Ted Cruz held a hearing to attack the clean air and clean water safeguards that protect millions of families all across America. Sierra Club President Aaron Mair was there to talk about how communities of color, which are disproportionately affected by pollution and climate disruption, rely on these safeguards to protect them. A friend to big polluters, Cruz unsurprisingly tried to cover all their talking points. His game? To attack the climate science that shows how carbon pollution...
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Exxon business ambition collided with climate change under a distant sea
2015-10-08 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In 1980, as Exxon Corp. set out to develop one of the world's largest deposits of natural gas, it found itself facing an unfamiliar risk: the project would emit immense amounts of carbon dioxide, adding to the looming threat of climate change. The problem cropped up shortly after Exxon signed a contract with the Indonesian state oil company to exploit the Natuna gas field in the South China Seabig enough to supply the blossoming markets of Japan, Taiwan and Korea with liquefied natural gas into...
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Five Key Takeaways from Indias New Climate Plan
2015-10-08 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: - Last week, India announced its new climate plan, also known as its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, or INDC. As the world's third-largest emitter and a country that's highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, it is encouraging to witness India investing in actions to tackle climate change while addressing poverty, food security and access to healthcare and education. India's INDC builds on its goal of installing 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 by...
Cruz, Sierra Club chief get hot over climate change at hearing
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing yesterday on the topic of federal regulations and their impact on minority communities devolved into a standoff over the existence of climate change -- with neither Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) nor Sierra Club President Aaron Mair willing to budge from their respective positions. The debate erupted during a hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, when Cruz questioned Mair about global warming. The 10-minute...
Climate aid reaching $62 billion placates developing world
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Aid for projects designed to help developing nations cut emissions and cope with global warming rose to $62 billion last year, suggesting richer nations are starting to make good on their promises to boost payments to $100 billion by 2020. Payments in the form of support from governments and investment from companies rose by almost a fifth since 2013, according to a report on Wednesday from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Climate Policy Initiative. About $10 billion...
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