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Obama: Act on climate change "before it's too late"
2013-06-29 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: On Tuesday, President Obama unveiled a national plan to reduce carbon emissions and combat the effects of climate change by restricting pollution from power plants, improving the resiliency of America's infrastructure to guard against extreme weather, and leading a global effort to transition to clean energy. On Saturday, he again touted that plan and stressed the need for action in his weekly address, warning, "The question is not whether we need to act - the question is whether we will have the...
Obama says climate change is make-or-break issue
2013-06-29 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is trying to frame climate change as a make-or-break political issue, urging Americans to vote only for those who will protect the country from environmental harm. He says people in the United States already are paying a price for climate change, including in lost lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. ''If you agree with me, I'll need you to act,'' Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. ''Remind everyone who represents you, at every level of government,...
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Istanbul summit to jump start climate change action
2013-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Observer: Global Power Shift On June 26, 600 young people from 133 countries convened in Istanbul for the inaugural Global Power Shift summit, billed as the starting point for a truly unified international climate-change action movement. An early dispatch from Global Power Shift directly targeted tar sands development, as you can see above. The movement's three main action points are: Confronting the fossil fuel industry and breaking its grip on political processes Highlighting the impact and urgency...
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Actions on voting rights and climate change show increasing polarization that stymies govt
2013-06-29 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In one four-hour stretch, the nation's political polarization was on stark display. Just after 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans in several Southern states moved to impose voter identification laws that had been delayed under the law -- and blamed by some for helping energize minority communities against the GOP. The court's decision devastated Democrats. Hours later, President Barack Obama announced a series of executive...
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Climate Change May Stop Invasive Ant Cold
2013-06-28 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: An aggressive ant species so vicious that in groups it can eat bird hatchlings alive may see its territory decline in the coming decades as climate change takes its toll on its habitats. Pheidole megacephala, more popularly known as the big-headed ant, has been classified as one of the world's 100 most invasive species, found in every continent except Antarctica. A recent model, however, predicts global warming will slow the ants' march significantly by 2080. "Ants, because they are a cold-blooded...
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