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California enacts monumental climate change goals
2015-10-08 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: California already has some of the toughest air quality standards in the world, but Gov. Jerry Brown still isnt satisfied. On Wednesday, Mr. Brown committed the state to ambitious climate change goals, including doubling the energy-efficiency of existing buildings and relying on renewable energy for 50 percent of electricity use by 2030. Brown also tried to lobby for a measure to reduce petroleum use by half within the next 15 years; a measure that ultimately failed due to intense opposition from...
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Groups form alliance to tackle climate change by initiative
2015-10-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A coalition of diverse groups is launching a new initiative effort to tackle climate change, raising the prospect that Washington voters could face two statewide ballot measures on carbon pollution next year. The Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy on Tuesday announced plans to put a climate initiative before voters in November 2016. Their effort aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, put a price on carbon pollution and use that money to invest in clean energy, communities or other programs,...
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Drum interview: Climate change isn't going to wait for Australia
2015-10-07 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The UK's head climate advisor has slammed Australia's efforts to reduce green house gas emissions, labelling targets "sad" and a "disgrace". John Gummer, Lord Deben, the chairman of the UK's Committee on Climate Change, has warned that Australia currently looks like it's on the outside of the international community on climate change. "Everyone else is willing to help but for goodness sake, you've already done less than other people," he told ABC's The Drum. "You didn't take on anything...
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Climate change heat a greater threat than sea level rise, says Mapua professor
2015-10-07 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Stuff: Mapua's Dr Tord Kjellstrom says heat exposure and stress from climate change will be the greatest threat to human life in the next 100 years. Mapua's Dr Tord Kjellstrom has researched the impact of climate change heat stress on manual labourers for 20 years. He says people are already dying but the loss of production, particularly in hot countries, could drive a major global economic decline. Helen Murdoch reports. Imagine you are your grandchild living in a world which has not tamed climate...
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Climate Change Intensified South Carolina Floods
2015-10-06 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists say climate change has exacerbated the effects of a storm blamed for at least 12 deaths in the southeastern U.S. On Monday, after weekend downpours, flooding continued to overwhelm large parts of South Carolina and North Carolina in what was described as a "once-in-a-millennium' storm. Individual weather events cannot be attributed to climate change, but climatologists say atmospheric conditions tied to climate change intensified this downpour. An alert board announces the closing...
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