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Climate Change
2016-01-15 21:46:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Despite generating intense and sometimes bitter debate, climate change initiatives are gaining momentum and will significantly impact the future of electric utilities. Regardless of the attendant challenges, former AEP Senior Vice President Michael Heyeck contends that the future holds great promise for those with extraordinary will, laser-like focus and can do spirit. See what other IdeaXchange Xperts have to say on this highly charged subject. read more
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Canada: Climate Change Could Slash Natives' Fish Catches
2016-01-15 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KUOW: Northwest coastal tribes have counted on salmon and herring for thousands of years to fill their nets and fuel their cultures. That could change in just a few decades as warmer waters drive fish north, according to a study out this week from the University of British Columbia. Researchers looked at 98 species that native, or First Nations, communities catch on the B.C. coast. "What we find is that most of the species will have a decrease in potential catch and abundance by 2050," said UBC professor...
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Activists lose criminal case on climate change defense but judge praises effort
2016-01-15 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Five environmental activists who failed to convince a court that their attempt to block crude oil trains near Seattle was a legally justifiable act of civil disobedience on Friday were nonetheless praised by a judge as part of the solution to climate change. On Friday, the campaigners were convicted in a court in suburban Seattle of misdemeanor trespassing relating to a September 2014 protest in which they blocked railway tracks used by crude oil trains in Everett, Washington. They were acquitted...
Obama Halts Federal Coal Leasing Citing Climate Change
2016-01-15 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The Obama administration on Friday brought a temporary halt to new coal mining leases on federal lands while it conducts a three-year review meant to bring coal leasing in line with U.S. climate policy. The moratorium comes just days after Obama said in his State of the Union Address that he would push to change the way the government manages its oil and coal resources to reflect the costs they impose on both taxpayers and the planet. The moratorium takes place immediately, but does not halt coal...
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Obama Builds on His Climate Legacy by Making Historic Change to Coal Leasing Public Lands
2016-01-15 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today, Sec. of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama administration will be compiling a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on coal leasing on public lands and putting an immediate suspension on all future and modified coal leases. Sec. Jewells announcement today follows President Obamas statement in the State of the Union that he would push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet....
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