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Why climate change deniers warmed up to this scientist
2015-02-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: If the scientific community isnt telling you what you want to hear, you might just have to buy your own scientist. That pretty much sums up the public perception of the relationship between the fossil fuels industry and Wei-Hock Soon, a scientist frequently cited by groups denying a link between climate change and human behavior. Soon has accepted more than $1.2 million from the fossil fuels industry over the past decade, according to the New York Times. He has not disclosed that conflict of interests...
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Poll Finds Most Americans See Combating Climate Change as a Moral Duty
2015-02-27 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A significant majority of Americans say combating climate change is a moral issue that obligates them and world leaders - to reduce carbon emissions, a Reuters/IPSOS poll has found. The poll of 2,827 Americans was conducted in February to measure the impact of moral language, including interventions by Pope Francis, on the climate change debate. In recent months, the pope has warned about the moral consequences of failing to act on rising global temperatures, which are expected to disproportionately...
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Stranded assets and climate change on Bank of England agenda
2015-02-27 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Bank of England has acknowledged that climate change could have an impact on the financial markets in a research agenda. The paper also notes that the move to a low-carbon economy could leave fossil fuel assets stranded. The discussion paper One Bank Research Agenda aims to improve the coordination and openness of the Banks research. The research agenda states, Fundamental changes in the environment could affect economic and financial stability and the safety and soundness of financial...
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Is climate change or terrorism our greatest threat?
2015-02-26 16:29:36| Beef
President Obama recently said the long-term threat of climate change far outweighs that of terrorism. This week’s online poll asks: “Is climate change or terrorism our greatest long-term threat?” Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments section after voting. Climate change is the biggest threat Terrorism is the biggest threat Neither Don't know
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Climate Change Will Hit America in Breadbasket, Scientists Say
2015-02-25 01:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Climate experts have seen the future of America's breadbasket and from their perspective, it doesn't look pretty. "I don't want to be a wheat farmer in Kansas in the future," said Harold Brooks, a senior scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. Brooks isn't a wheat farmer. He's a researcher who has analyzed how climate change could affect the weather in America's midsection, based on historical data and computer modeling. Last year, he and his colleagues found...
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