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Climate change concert calls for more investment in green energy
2015-07-05 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Around 100 people gathered on the Alberta legislature grounds Saturday afternoon, trying to convince politicians that a strong economy and healthy environment are not mutually exclusive. The Jobs, Justice and The Climate concert was held to encourage investment in renewable energy. "It's really about pushing the federal and provincial governments to invest in energy options that address the climate crisis but put jobs in the community first," said Mike Hudema, a Greenpeace campaigner who helped...
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Jane Fonda sounds climate change alarm in Toronto
2015-07-05 02:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Jane Fonda used to be a Blue Jays fan. I loved them, she says, perched cross-legged on a sofa at a downtown Toronto hotel. Until I married somebody that owned another team. But Fondas not in town to revive her fandom or her past betrothals. The 77-year-old actor and activist comes with a solar-fuelled fire in her belly. The climate change problem is the issue of our civilization. It will affect everything about our lives if we dont do something about it, she says. Touching down Friday...
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New Zealand: Raise climate change at UN, say Greens
2015-07-04 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: The Green Party says the Government should use its presidency of the United Nations Security Council to highlight the threat climate change poses to peace and security. New Zealand is chairing the Security Council this month. Kennedy Graham says the survival of small island states are at stake. Green Party's global affairs spokesperson Kennedy Graham said New Zealand has already made the security of small island states the subject of the Open Debate later this month. He said the biggest...
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Climate change protesters bury their heads in the sand
2015-07-04 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UTV: More than 100 protesters have buried their heads in the sand at a Dublin beach to highlight the lack of government action on climate change. Some 150 demonstrators of all ages gathered on Sandymount Strand on Saturday morning to carry out the unusual protest. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this November, Stop Climate Chaos say it is time for the government to take environmental issues "seriously' before the major talks "that will decide the future of global...
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Obama: Good job addressing climate change, Florida Keys
2015-07-04 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Florida Keys Keynoter: The return address on a letter commending Monroe County for its climate-change efforts raised eyebrows. "To get that fancy envelope with 'The White House' stamped on it -- that doesn't happen every day," County Administrator Roman Gastesi said Wednesday. "Congratulations on your selection as a White House Climate Action Champion," says the letter signed by President Obama and addressed to county Mayor Danny Kolhage. "As we face the growing threat of extreme weather and climate change, we must...
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