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Pope Francis warns climate change human causes & 'grave implications' landmark encyclical
2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: In a historic document addressed to "every person living on this planet," Pope Francis warns that climate change and other forms of environmental degradation have reached a crisis point. Francis frames "Laudato Si'," the first papal encyclical devoted solely to ecological issues, as an "urgent appeal ... for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet." Encyclicals are among the highest forms of Catholic teaching a pontiff can publish. "A very solid scientific consensus...
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Moral imperative to address climate change, says UN Chief
2015-06-19 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Later this evening, the Pope will release a major statement on the environment, in particular, climate change. A leaked draft reveals the Pope will say the world faces grave consequences if people don't change their consumerist lifestyles and he goes into detail about climate policy. It's only his second encyclical since Francis became the Pope and is considered significant because world leaders are set to meet in Paris later this year to try to find a global consensus on...
Climate Change Is A Crisis We Can Only Solve Together
2015-06-19 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: This speech was delivered on June 6, 2015, in Bar Harbor, Maine, as the College of the Atlantic commencement address. It appeared at The Nation on June 17. First of all, a huge congratulations to all the graduatesand to the parents who raised you, and the teachers who guided you. Its a true privilege to be included in this special day. Mine is not going to be your average commencement address, for the simple reason that College of the Atlantic is not your average college. I mean, what kind of...
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Humpback Whales Are Starving, and Climate Change Is to Blame
2015-06-19 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Two months ago, a dead humpback whale washed up onto the beaches of Washington state. Although the cause of its death remains a mystery, initial observations found that the whale was overly thin, with little blubber and little of its associated oil, which humpbacks use for fuel and warmth. It was not an isolated occurrence. In Western Australia, the number of humpback whale stranding events has been on the rise for the past several years. The region used to see just two or three dead whales a year;...
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Martin O'Malley Just Set Extremely High Bar Climate Change 2016 Democratic Contenders
2015-06-18 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Martin O'Malley, the former governor of Maryland and a contender to be the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, called on Thursday for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2050, citing the "moral obligation" to address climate change. In an op-ed published in USA Today, O'Malley, who is Catholic, called the encyclical Pope Francis issued on Thursday on climate change a "clarion call for action." O'Malley's piece also publicly rebuked some of the Obama administration's energy policies and promised...
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