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Climate change threatens health of Pacific island nations
2016-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Circle of Blue: In the urgent campaign to cut carbon emissions and curb global warming, perhaps the most poignant call to action are images of rising sea levels gnawing away at isolated, low-lying Pacific islands where citizens could lose their countries. But long before the last scraps of land succumb to the great ocean, fiercer storms brought on by climate change could hobble the health infrastructure of island nations and exact a steep toll in human lives, according to a study published this week in the American...
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Tim DeChristopher: Climate Change Is 'Getting Worse Faster'
2016-04-27 04:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telesur: "Climate change is a trigger on the social tensions and injustices we already have,' proclaims climate change activist Tim DeChristopher. Chris Hedges, in the latest episode of Days of Revolt, sat down with DeChristopher, who is also founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, to talk about the industrial world's lack of action in tackling climate change and the moral imperative that should compel us to respond to this crisis. In the clip, DeChristopher is stunningly honest about the realities...
Australia: Labor reveals new climate change policy
2016-04-27 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SBS: The Opposition has taken a gamble before the July 2 poll, and opened itself up to attacks from the Coalition, by announcing its climate change pledge. Under the plan, an ALP government would commit to a 45 per cent emissions reduction target (on 2005 levels) by 2030. That's compared to the 26-28 per cent target set by the Federal Government. Labor is also pledging that a Labor government would by 2030 make sure 50 per cent of Australia's electricity is sourced by renewable energy. Opposition...
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Climate change and extreme weather linked to high pressure Greenland
2016-04-27 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Greenland is one of the fastest-warming regions of the world, according to climate change experts at the University of Sheffield. New research, led by Professor Edward Hanna from the University's Department of Geography, has identified changes in weather systems over Greenland that have dragged unusually warm air up over the western flank of Greenland's Ice Sheet. These weather systems are also linked to extreme weather patterns over...
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Clinton snubs Koch endorsement over climate change denial
2016-04-25 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: US oil billionaire Charles Koch would consider supporting Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton for president, he told ABC News at the weekend. Speaking of his disgust with the Republican field, he said "it`s possible" Clinton would make a better leader. Although he added: "We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way." Clinton, who has been attacked by Democrat rival Bernie Sanders for taking campaign contributions from oil interests,...
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