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Why climate change hope is not misplaced: Tim Harper
2015-11-30 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: It was 13 years ago. Jean Chrétiens government ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the Liberal prime minister proclaimed Canada is a good citizen of the world. It was four years ago. Stephen Harpers Conservatives pulled Canada out of the protocol. Kyoto, for Canada, is in the past, said his environment minister, Peter Kent. After more than a decade of spinning our wheels or worse on climate change, why is there hope a new Liberal government under Justin Trudeau and a new cast of provincial...
Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Ignite Fresh Climate Change Concerns Report
2015-11-29 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Scientists have warned that shrinking Himalayan glaciers have initiated a pattern of potentially disastrous lake formations that could imperil settlements downstream in the event of an unanticipated overspill. New research has sparked fresh climate change concerns among scientists after a visiting team of researchers disclosed some extraordinary findings. The eastern and central Himalayan region, home to nine out of 10 world`s loftiest peaks including Mount Everest has been experiencing a rapid...
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Bill McKibben: What Paris conference on climate change can do for planet Earth
2015-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Starting Monday, diplomats and scientists, activists and heads of state at the 2015 U.N. climate change conference in Paris will scramble to reach the first truly global agreement on the greatest problem the planet has ever faced. It will make for compelling headlines, but it's not the real story. Because that already happened. Think back to Copenhagen in 2009 and the last of the great U.N. climate gatherings. There too the world watched expectantly, only to see negotiations break down. No firm...
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Is climate change really to blame for Syria's civil war?
2015-11-29 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Was the Syrian civil war partly caused by climate change? Prince Charles, for one, seems to think so. There is very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, he told Sky News, adding that climate change is having a huge impact on conflict and terrorism. The Prince is not alone on this one: he joins a chorus of voices making similar claims. In the US President Obama, Al Gore, and the democratic presidential...
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Climate change rally in Sydney draws thousands of protesters
2015-11-29 04:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Sydney to urge leaders to take action on climate change, with environmentalist Tim Flannery declaring the event the "biggest climate march this country's ever seen". People with drums, placards and costumes gathered in The Domain on Sunday, before the march down Macquarie Street to the Opera House, following speeches and performances calling on those at the Paris climate summit to shift more rapidly to renewable energy. Huge crowds gather for Sydney...
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