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Canada election 2015: BC representatives weigh climate change vs economy
2015-08-04 01:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Environmental issues -- from liquefied natural gas development to climate change -- are important to many British Columbians and should be a priority for candidates in this year's federal election, according to scientists. "The word 'climate' should be front and centre in the campaign," says Thomas Pedersen, executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. "I think every Canadian should look at this election as a climate change election and ask, 'Who is going to address this...
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Obama Unveils Major Climate Change Proposal To Reduce Greenhouse Emissions From US Power Plants
2015-08-03 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama revealed the final version of his clean power plan to dramatically cut emissions from US power plants on Monday, calling it a moral obligation. Speaking at the White House, Obama said the unprecedented carbon dioxide limits are the "the single most important step" America has ever taken to fight climate change, while warning that the problem was so large hat the world must get it right quickly or it may become impossible to reverse. "There is such a thing as being too...
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Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and the coal industry. The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, a 9 percent increase over a previous proposal, a White House fact sheet said on Sunday. The regulation is aimed...
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Climate change imperils an entire UK ecosystem
2015-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The UK may still be fairly well sheltered from the impacts of climate change, but British scientists now say the increasingly warm trend is threatening an entire eco-system. They have found that several rare upland bird species are at risk, together with other ecosystem functions, because of the effects of climate change on the UKs blanket bogs - the peat bogs found mainly in the wetter western and northern uplands of Britain. Following their study of uplands from mid-Wales to northern England,...
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Young Asia-Pacific Scientists Tackle Climate Change Challenges
2015-08-03 06:47:25| pollutiononline Home Page
Science, innovation and technology officials from APEC member economies have identified twelve young scientists in the Asia-Pacific region whose cutting-edge research is leading the way in the fight against climate change
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