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Australia's bush fire preparedness under threat as climate change kicks in
2015-11-18 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia risks being under-prepared for longer, drier and more severe bushfire seasons, a report from the Climate Council says. The national report found that record-breaking temperatures and hot winds will place unprecedented strain on firefighting resources, estimating that the number of professional firefighters across Australia will need to double by 2030. Australia's bushfire season got off to an early start, when more than 200 fires burned across Victoria in the first week of October,...
Climate change is an 'urgent' threat, Obama says
2015-11-18 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Canada is backing strong warnings from U.S. President Barack Obama about the need for nations to act on the urgent, growing threat of climate change. In an address to a business audience here Wednesday, Obama laid out the threat of climate change, saying the patterns and the science don't lie and that no nation is immune to the consequences. Temperatures and sea levels are rising, ice caps are melting, storms are strengthening, he said. If we want to prevent the worst effects of climate...
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Barack Obama optimistic of reaching climate change deal at Paris summit
2015-11-18 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US president Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was optimistic an elusive deal to contain global warming could be forged at an upcoming crunch summit in Paris, and insisted an ambitious deal would boost a flagging world economy. In a speech to an Asia-Pacific business conference in the Philippines, Obama said there was still a lot of work to do to ensure success at the United Nations summit. Nevertheless, Im optimistic that we can get an outcome that were all proud of, because we understand...
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Senate Blocks Obamas Climate Change Rules
2015-11-18 02:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Senate voted on Tuesday to block President Obamas tough new climate change regulations, hoping to undermine his negotiating authority before a major international climate summit meeting in Paris this month. The Senate resolution, which passed 52 to 46, would scuttle a rule that would significantly cut heat-trapping carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. That Environmental Protection Agency rule, released in August, is the centerpiece of Mr. Obamas efforts to address climate...
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Could Climate Change Trigger Another Genocide?
2015-11-18 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Standard: Comparing someone or something to Hitler has become something of a running joke, but then again, those hyperventilated comparisons usually come from anonymous cranks in online chat rooms. When a true expert like Yale Universitys Timothy Snyder says that climate change could bring on conditions similar to those that led to the Holocaust, you sit up and listen. onEarth talked to the history professor about his new book, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, climate change, and the lessons...
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