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U.S. Farmers View Climate Change as Just Another Weather Challenge
2013-07-16 20:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: If it isn't torrential downpours, then it's too dry. If there's one thing U.S. farmers can count on, it's bad weather and, perhaps as a result, many of them don't think humanity is to blame for the long-term shifts in weather patterns known as climate change. But even though agriculture is a major contributor to global warming, it may not matter whether farmers believe in the environmental problem. Take, as an example of skepticism, Iowa corn farmer Dave Miller, whose day job is as an economist...
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Mounting Evidence: Climate Change Threatens Americas Energy Sector
2013-07-16 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Extreme weather and climate events such as storms, floods, droughts and wildfires visibly impact not only our communities and livelihoods, but also our resources and related infrastructure. In its latest report, U.S. Energy Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) warns that domestic energy supplies are likely to face more severe disruptions given rising temperatures that result in extreme weather events. The report accurately outlines the...
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Future Tense Event: Can an Agricultural Revolution Fight Climate Change? - Slate Magazine
2013-07-16 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Cars and coal may get most of the attention, but one of the biggest contributors to climate change is the food industry. Globally, agriculture accounts for at least 25 percent of humanity's annual greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. But some think that this situation could be radically changedinstead of just cutting agriculture's carbon footprint, maybe we can use agriculture to reverse climate change. By harnessing photosynthesis' power, experts...
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Australia: Climate Change Minister says environment doesn't care about price of carbon
2013-07-16 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: CHRIS UHLMANN, PRESENTER: The Prime Minister has declared the Carbon Tax terminated. It's a move that's been touted since Labor's leadership changed three weeks ago. The Climate Change Minister is Mark Butler and he joined me a short time ago from Rockhampton. (To Mark Butler): Mark Butler, welcome. MARK BUTLER, CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER: Thank you, Chris. CHRIS UHLMANN: So by your actions today you admit that the carbon price is too high and will stay too high for another year? MARK BUTLER: Well,...
GOP senator presses Obama to defend climate change plan at hearing
2013-07-15 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) sent a letter to President Obama on Monday urging him to send an administration official to a hearing this week and defend his proposals to address climate change. Vitter said hes skeptical Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will maintain pledges to make the White House testify at a later hearing. To date, Chairman Barbara Boxer has refused to invite any government witnesses to participate in this hearing. Although she...
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