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Sheldon Whitehouse: Climate change is like tobacco issue
2016-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Providence Journal: There are at least three things wrong with the April 18 editorial ("Climate of freedom") criticizing my position on possible fraud in the fossil fuel industry's climate change denial operation. The Journal insinuates, though does not state, that I am seeking criminal prosecutions, using both the words "prosecution" and "crime" in its editorial. The tobacco lawsuit by the Department of Justice was a civil proceeding, and the Department of Justice won it. The editorial page repeatedly has insinuated...
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How climate change could rob Pennsylvania of 2 state symbols
2016-04-24 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Call: A branch of a healthy hemlock tree that has not yet been infested by the hemlock wooly adelgid, a voracious insect that is threatening eastern hemlock trees in Pennsylvania. The hemlock in the state's official tree. A branch of a healthy hemlock tree that has not yet been infested by the hemlock wooly adelgid, a voracious insect that is threatening eastern hemlock trees in Pennsylvania. The hemlock in the state's official tree. The warm winter Pennsylvanians enjoyed could be a harbinger of...
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Leonardo DiCaprio addresses world leaders on climate change: 'The world is watching'
2016-04-23 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Leonardo DiCaprio has told leaders "the world is watching" as they sign an historic agreement to combat climate change. The actor, who used his Oscar acceptance speech in February to highlight the seriousness of climate change, addressed world leaders at the UN headquarters in New York before they signed the Paris Agreement, a treaty which requires them to cut carbon emissions. "Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong," DiCaprio said. "After...
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Climate change: Malaysia takes lead in cutting carbon
2016-04-23 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Melaka, a popular tourist destination, is one of the smallest states in Malaysia and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also no stranger to population growth and urban development. But all that comes at a price. For Melaka, the result is an increase in pollution. For years, there has been construction along the banks of the River Melaka. In addition, rubbish and raw untreated sewage were poured into it. Heavily polluted, it took 15 years of investment and cost $107m to clean up the waterway....
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Has climate change really improved U.S. weather?
2016-04-22 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: According to a new report published in Nature on April 20, 2016 by Patrick Egan and Megan Mullin, weather conditions have improved for the vast majority of Americans over the past 40 years. This, they argue, explains why there has been little public demand so far for a policy response to climate change. Egan and Mullin do note that this trend is projected to reverse over the course of the coming century, and that Americans will become more concerned about climate change as they perceive more...
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