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In Florida, dealing with climate change has become a local issue
2015-12-26 19:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Naples Daily News: When Charlie Crist was Florida's attorney general and preparing to run for governor in 2005, he sat down in a private room at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami with U.S. Sen. John McCain. The two Republicans talked political campaigns, strategies and endorsements. As Crist was getting ready to leave, McCain stopped him. "Charlie, I think there is one more thing you should focus on," Crist recalled McCain saying. "What's that?" Crist asked. "Climate change," McCain answered. "It's a big deal."...
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Report: Climate change could could 11000 Montana outdoor jobs
2015-12-26 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Falls Tribune: The cost of unabated climate change in Montana could be 11,000 jobs and $281 million in labor earnings by 2050, according to a new report that attempts to quantify its economic impacts on the states outdoor economy, including hunting, fishing, skiing and snowmobiling. The report, released Tuesday, was completed by Donovan Power Consulting, a Montana-based economic consulting firm headed by the former head of the economics department at the University of Montana, at the request of the Montana...
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Indonesia: Climate change and water scarcity
2015-12-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: To the surprise of many, COP21 2015 has finished in Paris with a spectacular achievement. The target is to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In spite of its success, COP21 ignored the risk of water scarcity, which is closely related to climate change. From the other side, many issues about financing the agreement are left hanging in the air. The...
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Climate Change: A Tale of Two Governors
2015-12-26 06:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FCIR: When Charlie Crist was Florida`s attorney general and preparing to run for governor in 2005, he sat down in a private room at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami with U.S. Sen. John McCain. McCain was gearing up to run for president. The two Republicans talked political campaigns, strategies and endorsements. As Crist was getting ready to leave, McCain stopped him. Charlie, I think there is one more thing you should focus on, Crist recalled McCain saying. What`s that? Crist asked. Climate...
We're late on climate change as it charges on unabated
2015-12-26 06:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: For all the nations of the world to agree to anything is remarkable enough. To have them take fright and agree to pull in their belts on climate change is as unusual as having them pull together to create the United Nations and other world institutions at the end of the Second World War. Hopefully, the Paris meeting will indeed be the turning point we're looking for. But just as those heady post-Second World War days quickly turned to the Cold War, a hopeful statement of intentions, no matter...
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