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California governor sends Ben Carson a thumbdrive with climate change report
2015-09-14 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Californias governor has provided presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson with overwhelming evidence of climate change, something that the Republican candidate claimed does not exist. Last week, Carson appeared in San Francisco as part of his campaigning schedule. At an event, he addressed why the "climate change debate" remains, in his view, "irrelevant." In a tweet published later in the week, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) posted a picture of this letter sent to the retired neurosurgeon. Dear Dr. Carson,...
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Firestorm Leaves Mass Destruction in California
2015-09-14 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The catastrophic wildfires burning in California, which killed at least one person over the weekend and injured several others, are being fueled by high temperatures, strong winds and years of withering drought influenced by climate change. The Valley Fire ignited in drought-stricken Northern California early Saturday afternoon, destroying more than 400 homes and scorching 50,000 acres -- an area more than twice the size of Manhattan -- within about 12 hours. "It's a true firestorm -- extremely...
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California: Bill to set 2030 emissions target pulled
2015-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A nimbler version of Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) landmark climate change package is expected on the state Assembly floor today, but firm emissions targets for 2030 and 2050 eluded lawmakers in the final hours of the legislative session. S.B. 350 made it through an Assembly Natural Resources Committee hearing yesterday evening after Brown and legislative leaders said Wednesday that they would remove one of the bill's three planks: a requirement to reduce petroleum consumption 50 percent by 2030...
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Honda will put driverless cars on the road in California
2015-09-14 05:04:18| Automakers - Topix.net
Honda Motor Co Ltd has announced that the California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued it a permit allowing the company to test drive its autonomous vehicles on public roads. According to a report from Reuters, Honda is the tenth company to gain approval for test-driving in the State as of this Friday.
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Northern California wildfire destroys hundreds of structures
2015-09-14 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as it roared unchecked through the northern California village of Middletown and several nearby communities, fire officials said on Sunday. The so-called Valley Fire, now ranked as the most destructive among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken U.S. west this summer, came amid what California fire officials described as "unheard of fire behavior" this season. A separate fire raging since Wednesday...
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