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Climate Change And Economic Woes: The New Civil War
2015-11-08 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: While politicians and pundits would have voters believe it`s all about red states and blue states, the reality is much more complicated, with the growing economic divide and climate change threatening to bring about greater instability, insurrection, and warfare than any time since the American Civil War. According to a recent article by Joel Kotkin in The Daily Beast, the real division in the U.S. today is economic, and the competition is growing increasingly fierce. "When we speak about the...
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Time to shift climate change discussion to policy solutions
2015-11-08 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Missoulian: Controversy is essential in a functioning democracy. You may be in favor (or against) background checks for gun purchases in Missoula or have a strong opinion on the school bond issue. The reality TV that fronts as our primary presidential debates sparks lively conversations around the social media water cooler. Climate change dialogue, however, is different. The discourse should be around policy, and not about whether climate change is happening or not. We have somehow digressed, responding to...
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Putin to speak at UN climate change summit in Paris, France says
2015-11-08 11:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Canada's new environment minister was in Paris Sunday taking part in talks to lay the groundwork for this month's UN global climate change summit, which will be attended by more than 100 world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Frances foreign minister said. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Putin has accepted an invitation to attend the conference in Paris. He will be among the speakers on the conferences first day, along with U.S. President Barack Obama and...
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Climate change threatens Pennsylvania's forests
2015-11-08 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Citizens Voice: The majestic forests that Pennsylvanians are familiar with today wont be the forests that future generations know because of global climate change, says John Quigley, secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. While outlining his agencys agenda on a number of fronts last week, Quigley mentioned that several species of trees will disappear from the forests in the next 50 years as the earths temperatures warm: Sugar maple trees, the source for Pennsylvanias maple syrup crop, will...
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Climate Change: Have We Already Gone Too Far?
2015-11-08 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change, President Obama said from the White House after vetoing the Keystone XL Pipeline bill which would have allowed a Canadian company to build a 1,179-mile pipeline to transport 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast. Frankly, continued the President, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership. The Keystone rejection is an...
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