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Climate Change Has an Outrage Problem
2014-08-29 12:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: In the years to come, its not a stretch to imagine millions of people flooding the streets to protest--flooding in the streets. What will it take to turn climate change into a social movement? The struggles surrounding womens suffrage, civil rights, the Vietnam War, South African Apartheid, the Arab Spring, and gay marriage were pervasive. They changed history. These movements had very visible leaders. They also had a role in shaping popular culture, with iconic music and movies. In hindsight,...
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Urgency of Climate Change to Debut as Legal Defense
2014-08-28 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As protests go, Ken Ward's and Jay O'Hara's daylong blockade of a coal delivery was low-key. There were no kerfuffles involving authorities and nobody was arrested -- the men learned of criminal charges later by mail. But the duo's trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 8 in a Massachusetts district court, is shaping up as a high-profile affair, featuring an unusual defense and planned testimony by some of the biggest names in climate science. The men's attorneys are planning to deploy a novel strategy....
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Climate change poses growing health threat
2014-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. "Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue," said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the climate change team at the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UN agency on Wednesday began a three-day conference at its Geneva base, folding together climate and health issues. The goal is to put health in the...
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Obama Charges Ahead on Climate Change Policy
2014-08-28 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News and World Report: The Obama administration will seek a non-binding international accord rather than a treaty at a United Nations climate summit in Paris next year on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Obama addresses reporters at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18. It was a widely anticipated move, as President Barack Obama has repeatedly said he would act alone, bypassing Congress, if lawmakers declined to support his proposal....
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Threatened coral: Climate change puts 20 types at risk
2014-08-28 08:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Monitor: Washington -- The US government is protecting 20 types of colorful coral by putting them on the list of threatened species, partly because of climate change. Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing habitat for many marine species. Protecting and conserving these biologically rich ecosystems is essential, and the Endangered Species Act gives us the tools to conserve and recover those corals ?most in need of protection, Eileen Sobeck, assistant administrator...
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