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Australia's leaders 'wilfully blind' about climate change, says former NAB chief
2015-08-03 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias political leaders are wilfully blind to the challenge of climate change, with the country at risk from an economically reckless reliance upon fossil fuels, the former head of the National Australia Bank has warned. Cameron Clyne, who was chief executive of NAB from 2009 until he stood down last year, said he doesnt think any of us have grasped quite how revolutionary the emergence of renewable energy will be, warning that Australia cannot continue to be wedded to carbon-heavy...
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Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan
2015-08-03 03:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and coal industry supporters. The White House said its revised Clean Power Plan will increase the required cuts in carbon emissions from the power sector, demanding they be slashed 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The administration's draft regulation, released...
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Ted Cruz Says Climate Change Fears Falsified By Scientists
2015-08-03 03:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said facts don't support climate change, in a speech that described the notion as a front for power-hungry politicians who want to control Americans' lives. During an appearance before some of the most influential conservative donors in the country, the Texas Republican said there is no factual basis for scientists' research that shows the planet is changing. The 2016 White House hopeful said none of the research is worth the paper it is printed on. "If you look at satellite...
Political battles simmer ahead of Obama's strict climate change plan
2015-08-03 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS: HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama is proposing the toughest regulations in U.S. history to combat climate change. In a video previewing tomorrows announcement, the president says climate change is not an opinion, but a fact and a threat. He calls power plants the biggest domestic source of polluting emissions that contribute to global warming. The most significant rule would require existing power plants to cut emissions from 2005 levels by 32 percent by 2030. Other rules would limit construction...
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Dead Salmon, climate change and Northwest dams
2015-08-03 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Times: THIS summer, we are feeling climate change in the Northwest. Rivers and waters started hot this spring and got hotter. Fishery agencies say 250,000 to 400,000 Columbia River Basin salmon are dead or will die. Sockeye salmon are the worst hit, but chinooks are dying, too, and sturgeon. Unrelieved hot water, at and above 70 degrees in the Columbia, Snake and many tributaries, is sickening and killing them. The best summary so far, by Hal Bernton in The Seattle Times, names the immediate causes: Snowpack...
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