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Low fossil fuel prices hindering climate change fight, says IMF
2015-12-03 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The International Monetary Fund has issued a warning before a meeting of the Opec oil cartel that permanently low fossil fuels are choking off investment in renewable sources of energy and hindering the fight against climate change. Oil prices rallied slightly amid reports later denied that Saudi Arabia plans to announce a 1m barrels a day production cut at the talks in Vienna on Friday. The price of Brent crude was up more than 2% at just under $43.50 in early trading on Thursday. But...
Climate Change and Inequality Are Driving War and Catastrophic Conflicts from Syria to Africa
2015-12-03 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: As Democracy Now! broadcasts from the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris, France, we examine the connection between a warming planet and increasing conflicts around the globe. If we want to deal with the issues of conflict, go to the root cause: inequality and climate change, says Asad Rehman, former national organizer of the Stop the War Coalition in the UK, who now serves as Head of International Climate for Friends of the Earth. He notes that from 2006 to 2011, Syria suffered from five years of the...
This is how climate change doubt becomes powerful and spreads into the media
2015-12-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Much research has been devoted in recent years to understanding why doubt about human-caused climate change is so widespread. Many of these studies have focused on the factors that influence an individuals feelings about the issue, such as personal values, experiences and political alignments. But while such research has yielded useful insights into the ways climate science is received and understood by the public, few studies have explored the other side of the coin -- that is, the factors that...
ExxonMobil, Funder of Climate Change Deniers
2015-12-02 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: It's been an interesting time watching the ExxonMobil attempt to defend its track record on climate science, in the wake of revelations that it had bone fide climate scientists properly studying the issue since the 1970's. The #ExxonKnew investigations by Inside Climate News and the LA Times have had ExxonMobil's head of PR, Ken Cohen, furiously tweeting, writing letters, and appearing on news programmes to defend his company's honor. "Our company's work to help understand the role that man-made...
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NFU: U.S. Must Take Steps to Mitigate Climate Change, Provide Robust Risk Management Tools for Family Farmers and Ranchers
2015-12-01 15:58:09| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (December 1, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson urged Congress and international leaders to take meaningful steps to mitigate climate change and pledge themselves to provide adequate risk management tools for Americas family farmers and ranchers, who are charged with
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