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Over-consumption, climate change threaten food security, water supply: United Nations
2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: There will be enough water to produce food for 10 billion people in 2050, but over-consumption and the impact of climate change threaten food security and water supplies in many regions, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday. By 2050 some 60 percent more food will be needed to feed the world's people and as farming remains the largest user of water, food must be produced sustainably to ensure future supplies of food and water, the FAO and the World Water Council (WWC)...
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Obama's Climate Change Plan Faces Crucial Test
2015-04-15 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Regulations at the center of President Obamas climate change initiative face a crucial test this week when opponents will attempt to block them before theyre even made final. A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will hear oral arguments Thursday in a high-stakes legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed emissions limits for existing power plants. Murray Energy Corp., a major coal mining company, is asking the court to do something that it admits is extraordinary:...
Scott Walker slammed climate change denier
2015-04-15 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Times: Billionaire hedge fund manager and green power advocate Tom Steyer is taking Gov. Scott Walker to task, accusing the Republican presidential hopeful of being a pawn for fossil fuel interests and a climate change denier. In a full page ad running in the Wisconsin State Journal Tuesday, Steyers group NextGen Climate blasts the states GOP leadership for promoting a war on science by banning work on climate change. The group calls out Walker specifically for staying silent on the issue and for...
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Climate change summit draws most premiers to Quebec City
2015-04-14 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Provincial leaders from across Canada reaffirmed their commitment to fight climate change on Tuesday even as a meeting revealed major differences among them on how to achieve the objective. Some premiers also lamented what they called a lack of leadership from Ottawa in co-ordinating the provinces' strategies to reduce man-made greenhouse gas emissions, the leading driver of climate change according to scientists. Provinces including Quebec and Ontario want to cap and trade carbon emissions...
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Rubio's Climate Change Views Could Hurt 2016 Presidential Bid
2015-04-14 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Sen. Marco Rubio, 43, has announced his 2016 presidential bid, and with it, has billed himself as the younger, fresher choice for president with both his age and message being key parts of his campaign. However, as young and forward-thinking as Rubio claims he is, there is one stance he takes that doesnt quite fit his generational voice: climate change. The presidential hopeful has acknowledged that the climate is changing, but has expressed skepticism that it is being caused solely by humans....
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