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Rising sea woes: Coastal dwellers taking climate change seriously
2015-03-08 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fosters: "How long can you tread water?" was a funny punchline for a 1960s skit by comedian Bill Cosby, but in 2015, residents and businesses along the NH Seacoast are rethinking their future and the answer is no laughing matter. The Town of Rye has a tab on its website labeled "Preparing for Climate Change." Click it and you get evacuation routes, emergency services, and contingency plans for storm surges and flash flooding, all part of the "Tides to Storms" initiative. Many residents of the NH seacoast...
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Climate change protesters march on parliament ahead of Paris climate conference - video
2015-03-08 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of climate change protesters gather in central London on Saturday to urge strong action at the Paris climate conference in December. Protesters headed for Westminster to hear speakers including the Green party MP Caroline Lucas. Around 500 protesters split off from the demonstration and marched on the headquarters of the Shell oil and gas company on South Bank. Police clashed with protesters following an arrest on Westminster Bridge
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Terms such as 'climate change,' 'global warming' were outlawed, former Florida DEP employees say
2015-03-08 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: DEP officials have been ordered not to use the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. "We were told not to use the terms 'climate change,' 'global warming' or 'sustainability,' " said Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee...
State environmental officials ordered not use terms "climate change" or "global warming"
2015-03-08 04:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Naples News: The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the states beaches over the next 85 years. But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency on the front lines of studying and planning for these changes. DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term climate change or global warming in...
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Climate change must stay on political agenda, say protesters
2015-03-08 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Thousands of climate change activists marched on the Houses of Parliament yesterday to urge politicians to start taking global warming seriously. The march, called Time to Act, was designed to increase support for action ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in November. Organisers said that 20,000 people turned out, but other estimates put the crowd at about 5,000. Demonstrators held banners and painted their faces, while some carried portable music...
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