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Climate change wins precarious slot in proposed development goals
2014-07-22 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Proposed new global development goals, drafted by a U.N. working group, include a goal to take urgent action on climate change, despite opposition from some countries - even though the goal is weaker than many campaigners would like. How the "post-2015 development agenda' -- which will follow the expiring Millennium Development Goals -- should approach climate change has been a thorny issue for the past 18 months, not least because the world is simultaneously trying to hammer out a new deal to...
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Report: Sunday shows give climate change more air time
2014-07-22 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sunday shows have given climate change issues more air time in the first half of 2014 than in the last four years combined, according to a new analysis. The group Media Matters released the analysis Monday, which regularly tracks coverage of climate change by broadcast news, found that coverage in 2014 is substantially greater than previous years, but still down from its peak in 2009. The report credits a letter led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent late last year, which railed against Sunday...
Climate Change Already Profound Impacts on Lakes in Europe
2014-07-21 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: For perspective on how climate change is affecting lakes, those of us here in the U.S. can just look across the pond, where scientists and the agencies involved in meeting the European Unions Water Framework Directive have amassed an impressive body of research on the topic. Not only are extreme weather events such as droughts and intense rainstorms becoming more common, climate warming is leading to increased algal growth and more frequent toxic algal blooms. It also affects the entire aquatic...
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March against climate change crosses pipeline's path
2014-07-20 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lincoln Journal Star: Corn grew to the left, soybeans to the right and gravel crunched under their feet on Road 22 Saturday afternoon as about 70 Nebraskans met 35 marchers who are on a cross-country trek to inspire action in combating climate change. The Great March for Climate Action, which started in Los Angeles, reached Nebraska soil on June 30 and participants have been slowly winding their way through the state. By Saturday, their shoes' souls had covered about 1,800 miles -- about 20 miles a day -- with about...
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Former Treasury Sec. Paulson calls climate change 'biggest risk of our time'
2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: There are no easy solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change, but ending fuel subsidies and taxing carbon could be the first steps, Former Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. said Friday in Portland. And if that were an easy sell to make anywhere, it should be Oregon, he told a crowd of community, business and political leaders at a talk hosted Friday by the Portland City Club. Paulson, who was in office when the economy collapsed in 2008, said he now considers climate change the biggest...
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