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If enough of us decide that climate change is a crisis worthy of Marshall Plan levels of response
2015-03-06 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A voice came over the intercom: would the passengers of Flight 3935, scheduled to depart Washington DC, for Charleston, South Carolina, kindly collect their carry-on luggage and get off the plane. They went down the stairs and gathered on the hot tarmac. There they saw something unusual: the wheels of the US Airways jet had sunk into the black pavement as if it were wet cement. The wheels were lodged so deep, in fact, that the truck that came to tow the plane away couldnt pry it loose. The airline...
Biden: Denying Climate Change 'Like Denying Gravity'
2015-03-06 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Vice President Joe Biden took a strong stance against climate change deniers in an interview with VICE founder Shane Smith. The interview is part of VICE's documentary series, which airs on HBO and is premiering its third season on Friday. The first episode, titled "Our Rising Oceans," will focus on sea level rise. "It gets to the point where you can't look anyone in the eye seriously and say, well, it's nothing having to do with manmade," he said. Reacting to members of Congress who deny climate...
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How climate change contributed to Syria's civil war
2015-03-06 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MPR: A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Science draws a connection between climate change and the civil war in Syria. A devastating drought in the region from 2007 to 2010 forced a mass migration to the cities. That dramatic social change fomented a rebel movement and government backlash that has killed more than 200,000 people since 2011, according to the United Nations. The Pentagon has listed climate change as a national security thread since 2010. Last...
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Investors pull the plug on climate change denier after his shady deals come to light
2015-03-05 18:00:53| Chemicals - Topix.net
It looks like investors are abandoning Dr. Wei-Hock "Willie" Soon , after documents were released that proved the prominent U.S. climate change denier accepted $1.2M from oil and gas companies in exchange for lying about the causes of climate change. Exxon Mobil and the American Petroleum Institute were among the financial backers revealed by the documents, and now companies like that are questioning whether they should continue their relationship with Soon.
Inside GOP science policy, climate change
2015-03-05 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In Part 3 of our interview with Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), we turn to climate change, which is surely the most politically contentious topic under his jurisdiction as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on commerce, justice and science. Culberson, who represents the Houston area, long has played a role in legislative policymaking on climate change. Among other positions, he's opposed to cap-and-trade programs. His approach to climate change legislation emerged most...
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