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Climate change in the 'present'
2014-05-15 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Journal: John Paul Holdren, senior adviser to President Obama on science and technology, took a star turn Tuesday when he released the administration's third U.S. National Climate Assessment. The document is "the most comprehensive and authoritative ever about how climate has been changing in the United States," said Holdren. It "confirms that climate change is not a distant threat," he added. "It is affecting the American people already." But wait, said the White House science czar. President Obama...
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Argentina: Climate Change Is Threatening My Connectivity
2014-05-15 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: As women`s online lives grow richer in Patagonia, new environmental challenges are poised to drown out advances. As women, we tell stories. We write them in journals; we nurture them in discussions with our circle of friends; we look for meaning aloud and in silence. To communicate is innate for us, as it is innate for us to weave networks. We look to technology to aid us in story telling, to aid us in connecting across borders. When I was 17, in 1990, I would have typed this story on a borrowed...
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Ban Ki-moon to discuss climate change in China
2014-05-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: UN chief Ban Ki-moon will leave for China at the end of the week to discuss the nation's role in combating climate change. During his trip to Beijing and Shanghai, which begins Saturday, Ban will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He will also participate in a regional forum in Shanghai, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday. "A big focus of the trip will be the upcoming climate change summit (scheduled for late September in New...
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Showtime film on climate change puts Gov. Inslee in favorable activist light
2014-05-14 23:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Tribune: The nine-part Showtime series "Years of Living Dangerously' began airing in April. A segment looking at efforts by Gov. Jay Inslee to enact state policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Washington aired this week. In the 58-minute piece, Inslee comes off as a man with eyes open wide to climate change dangers and strongly motivated to do something about it. That is in sharp contrast to his Republican counterpart, Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey, who is portrayed in the episode as not interested...
U.S. Military Report: Climate Change is a Catalyst for Conflict
2014-05-14 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It`s hard to deny climate change when some of the most respected people in the U.S. affirm its existence. That`s what happened this week when Military Advisory Board (MAB) of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) released its National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change. Board members plan on briefing the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on their findings, particularly that climate change could lead to conflict. It is not possible to discuss the future of national and international...
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