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Pope Expected to Address Climate Change During Kenya Visit
2015-11-20 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Pope Francis will arrive in Kenya on Wednesday to kick off his first official Africa visit. And, as in previous tours, he is expected to speak about an issue close to his heart -- climate change, a topic with special resonance in Africa. During his September trip to the United States, Francis addressed climate change in speeches at the White House, as well as during a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, and at the United Nations. Visiting the White House, Pope Francis called for action. "It...
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Albertas climate change strategy must include renewables
2015-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: As Alberta gets ready to release its updated climate change strategy, renewable industries say it must include a permanent energy efficiency program, strategies to green up the electricity grid and a universal carbon tax. The province said it will unveil the strategy before the international climate change talks start in Paris at the end of the month, with at least part of it expected by Monday when the premier departs for the first ministers meeting in Ottawa. It comes as a new report, Powering...
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Challenge of Climate Change: an Indian perspective
2015-11-19 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Few countries in the world are as vulnerable to the effects of climate change as India is with its vast population (of over 1.2 billion) that is dependent on the growth of its agrarian economy, its expansive coastal areas and the Himalayan region and islands. In 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) in its Ambient Air Pollution (AAP) database, revealed that thirteen of top 20 dirtiest cities were Indian. Delhi topped the list followed by Patna, Gwalior and Raipur. Realizing the problem,...
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British Columbia City to Put Climate Change Warnings Gas Pumps
2015-11-19 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Next time youre out of gas in North Vancouver, expect a shock as you fill up. Climate change warnings are coming soon to fuel stations, after the city council passed a law on Wednesday. The water-front city of 48,000 in British Columbia is believed to be the first in the world to slap obligatory labels on pumps. Mayor Darrell Mussatto said: It is 2015 and we need to talk about how we are going to move forward as a society on a reduced carbon or carbon-free diet and it is going to be a...
Tamil Nadu deluge climate change trailer, matches global warming signs
2015-11-19 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindustan Times: Heavy rains and deadly flooding in south India, a region that saw a killer heat wave this summer, are weather patterns that appear to fit the scenarios of climate change in India, IMD chief Laxman Singh Rathore has said. "They (emerging weather patterns) fit the larger picture of climate change predicted by Indian scientists as well as global reports,' Rathore told HT. Episodes of excessive rainfall are increasing while the number of rainy days is decreasing, Rathore, director-general of the India...
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