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Canada: Joe Oliver beats back accusations of climate change denial - CBC.ca
2013-04-17 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Joe Oliver fought off accusations that he doesn't believe in the science of climate change at a testy meeting of the federal natural resources committee Tuesday. The natural resources minister defended comments he made to an editorial board meeting of the Montreal daily La Presse in which he mused about the complexity of climate science. "I believe and the government believes it's [climate change] a serious issue and we're going to continue to act on that belief going forward," Oliver explained...
Sheldon Whitehouse Says Climate Change Should Be The Next Gay Rights
2013-04-17 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Tuesday that if Republicans don't join efforts to combat global warming, they will pay the political consequences. "I think it's our task to ensure that climate change lines up right behind immigration and gay rights as an issue," said Whitehouse at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in Washington sponsored by labor unions and environmental groups. If Republicans continue their opposition to measures that confront global warming, Whitehouse said, "they'll...
Australia Urged to Formally Recognise Climate Change Refugee Status
2013-04-16 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia, a close neighbour of small, low-lying South Pacific states at the frontline of climate change, should be the first country to formally recognise climate change refugees, the country's main refugee advisory body has said. The Refugee Council of Australia has told the Australian government that it should create a new refugee category for those fleeing the effects of climate change so that they can be offered protection similar to those escaping war or persecution. The key legal document...
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Anthropogenic Climate Change is a Priority for Kerry in Asia
2013-04-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNSNews.com: As threats from North Korea makes headlines in northeast Asia and around the world, Secretary of State John Kerry, in his weekend visit to the region, gave high priority to a different subject one that he is passionate about anthropogenic global warming and his contention that the science is settled. At talks in Beijing, Kerry and his hosts agreed to elevate the issue of human-caused climate change to the ministerial level in bilateral discussions, a step Kerry said would send a significant...
Climate Change Didn't Cause the Big Drought
2013-04-15 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Herald Tribune: During his most recent State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama cited the Great Plains drought last year as an example of extreme weather caused by climate change. According to a U.S. government report, things are not so simple. A new report by the Drought Task Force found that the central Great Plains drought, the worst drought in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota since record keeping began in 1895, was mostly not the result of climate change. Instead,...
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