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Democrats seek GOP support for carbon tax bill, face questions about jailing skeptics
2015-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Two liberal senators appealed to conservatives yesterday to support a carbon tax, opening what they hope is a rebooted debate on climate change that focuses on legislation over science. Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Brian Schatz of Hawaii chose to introduce an ambitious bill proposing a $45 fee on carbon dioxide at the American Enterprise Institute. The location was meant to convey an offer of partnership, they said. "With this bill I extend an open hand ... to conservatives...
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Police seek witnesses after Chichester city centre assault
2015-06-11 13:08:38| Beverages - Topix.net
Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. Police announced this morning they were seeking witnesses to an assault outside the Majestic Wine shop in The Hornet, Chichester.
Obama, Merkel seek to parlay G-7 meetings into climate action
2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas meeting Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an opportunity for the pair to champion an issue dear to them both: climate change. The pair will talk upon Obamas arrival at the site of the Group of Seven meeting in the Bavarian Alps, one of the last, best opportunities for the leaders from some of the worlds largest industrialized economies to shore up support for a global climate accord before the Paris climate conference in December. The G-7 summit coincides...
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Faith groups seek climate deal boost from Pope, pilgrimage
2015-06-08 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A "People's Pilgrimage" to highlight the effects of climate change and an upcoming papal encyclical on the environment aim this month to invigorate political will for an ambitious new deal to curb global warming. On Monday, former Philippines' climate change commissioner Naderev "Yeb" Sao kicked off a six-month journey around the world to places hit hard by climate change, beginning in the Pacific island state of Vanuatu, still struggling to recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam in...
Canada, Mexico Seek WTO Authorisation for Retaliation Over COOL
2015-06-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Canada's Minister of International Trade Canada, Edward Fast, and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz have issued a statement with Mexico's Secretary of Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, and Secretary of Agriculture, Enrique Martínez y Martínez, to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over authorization to impose over $3 billion in retaliatory measures against US exports to Canada.
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