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Godfather of climate change retires to continue mother of all battles
2013-04-28 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: This month, climate scientist Dr James Hansen retired as head of Nasa's Goddard Institute of Space Studies. Yet at age 72, instead of aiming for a leisurely life after work, Hansen plans to better focus his time on climate science, along with communicating the science and its policy implications. It's an odd choice for a government scientist. But then, Hansen has long been a maverick, with a career that has taken him from investigating Venus' atmosphere, through studying and expressing concern...
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Climate change scientist calls Conservatives 'Neanderthal'
2013-04-27 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The former NASA scientist criticized by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver earlier this week for his views on the Keystone XL pipeline is responding by calling the Conservatives a desperate and "Neanderthal" government. In an interview with Evan Solomon airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, James Hansen defended his position that approving the proposed pipeline would be disastrous for the environment. During a stop in Washington, D.C., to shore up support for Keystone XL, Oliver said...
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Climate change could hit Berkshires economy hard
2013-04-27 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Berkshire Eagle: By the end of the century, the Berkshire County economy -- much like the global economy -- may be forever altered by the effects of climate change. Some local economic changes have already begun in response to impacts expected from climate change in the coming decades. Land-use planners and policy specialists in the insurance industry are preparing for changes likely to be brought on by warmer temperatures and more severe weather events. Local farmers and business owners are already looking to...
Climate change inspires a new literary genre: cli-fi
2013-04-26 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change has been cited as the cause behind a raft of recent phenomena, from increasing turbulence on planes to rising rates of malaria, dengue, and even domestic abuse. And now its hit the publishing world. The next hot trend in books, it turns out isnt Fifty Shades-esque erotica its climate change. Thats according to a fascinating report by NPR, Has Climate Change Created a New Literary Genre? Over the past decade, more and more writers have begun to set their novels...
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Hope for US-China collaboration on climate change, clean energy
2013-04-26 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A few weeks ago, Secretary of State John Kerry went to Beijing to meet with the leadership of the Chinese government. This meeting was mostly noted in the press as an effort to defuse tensions in the ongoing crisis over North Korea and clearly that was important; there has been a notable ratcheting down of tensions since then. However, over the long term, there was an agreement that came out of the meeting that could be much more important to the worlds future stability and security a joint...
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