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US and China reach historic climate change deal, vow to cut emissions
2014-11-12 21:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: In a historic climate change deal, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced both countries will curb their greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades. Under the agreement, the United States would cut its 2005 level of carbon emissions by 26-28% before the year 2025. China would peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and will also aim to get 20% of its energy from zero-carbon emission sources by the same year. "As the world's two largest economies, energy consumers...
What climate change means for a land of glaciers
2014-11-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KUOW: Jon Riedels white hair and light blue eyes match the icy tint of the landscape hes studied for more than 30 years. He moved to Washington soon after finishing his PhD at the University of Wisconsin because he says the glaciers of the Northwest are still writing the landscape, still carving out curves and valleys. Outside of Alaska, there is no better place in the U.S. to study glaciers than Washington. The Cascade Range has the perfect elevation and weather patterns to ensure that wet, heavy...
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If capitalism is cause of climate change, then what's the solution?
2014-11-10 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: What are the causes of climate change? That may sound like a simple question to answer: carbon emissions, duh. But when we think of the ur-culprit of climate change, we would have to point the finger at a global economic system built on resource extraction and consumption. And if capitalism is the problem, then what's the solution? These were the questions that ran through my mind as I read Naomi Klein's new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism Versus the Climate. The title alone would seem...
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Pessimism about climate change does not justify inaction
2014-11-10 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Even if the United States deals with its carbon emission problem, the Chinese wont. So whats the point? You cant condemn the entire global South to abandon energy development, and you cant provide enough with solar and wind. So whats the point? Besides, the whole enterprise of trying to achieve a future sufficiently carbon-free to deal with the most important problems is politically hopeless. These challenges are sometimes spoken, sometimes not, but they commonly and powerfully...
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CrowdEnergy.org Launches Climate Change Solution Using Ocean Renewable Energy And Crowdfunding
2014-11-10 02:17:14| pollutiononline Home Page
Crowd Energy wants homes, vehicles, and factories to be powered by Clean Renewable Ocean Energy. In a world suffering from an addiction to Polluting Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power, Crowd Energy offers a Clean Sustainable Solution to Safe Energy and Fresh Water
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