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Research Shows Strong Renewable Energy Laws Reduce Climate Change Pollution
2013-05-01 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Extended Policies case, released yesterday as part of the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA)s Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013), shows that extending certain federal energy efficiency and renewable energy laws and regulations could reduce annual energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. in 2040 by roughly 6 percent relative to a reference case projection that generally assumes current laws and policies. Between 2013 and 2040, this reduction adds up to a cumulative emission...
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Natural Aerosols May Help Slow Climate Change By Small Amounts, New Study Shows
2013-05-01 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: It's possible, suggests a new study, which finds that as climates warm around the world, plants may respond by releasing more aerosol particles into the atmosphere. The research, published online April 28 in the journal Nature Geoscience, finds that these natural aerosols can fuel cloud formation, which may help cool a warming climate. [The Reality of Climate Change: 10 Myths Busted] Aerosols are fine particles of solid or liquid matter, suspended in air. Most of the aerosol particles in Earth's...
Preventing climate change is good for business, GM declares
2013-05-01 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: General Motors officially acknowledged today that implementing policies to prevent climate change is good business. GM became the first automaker to sign the Climate Declaration pledge, which is promoted by nonprofit Ceres Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) coalition. The decision to sign the pledge comes as GM has been pressuring the U.S. government to establish a national energy policy focused on promoting energy security with a diverse range of sources, including...
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Poll: Majority see climate change affecting US weather
2013-05-01 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Fifty-eight percent of U.S. residents believe global warming is affecting the country's weather and a substantial number of people say it has made various extreme weather events more severe. Those are among the findings of the latest joint survey by Yale Universitys Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Many Americans believe global warming made recent extreme weather and climatic events more severe,' specifically:...
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Sequester Hits Nation's Climate Change Research Capability
2013-05-01 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When Renee McPherson took on the role of director of research at the South Central Climate Science Center last year, she had no idea that shed soon be grappling with budget cuts that threatened her ability to support regional climate research or hire new graduate students and faculty--the premise of hosting the center in the first place. The facility McPherson runs out of the University of Oklahoma is among eight centers created between 2010 and 2012 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)....
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