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Oklahoma scientists, Christians, urge congress to act on climate change
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oklahoma's Own: Two ORU professors are calling on Congress to take climate change seriously. They're part of a group of 200 scientists, who are also evangelical Christians, who have petitioned Congress to act now to help stem the tide of climate change. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey says our state has experienced the warmest year, the hottest summer, and the warmest spring on record--all in just the last two years. Climate change has become a hot-button political issue. Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe...
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Naturalists urge British public to help wildlife survive the hot weather
2013-07-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Gull chick taking a splash! Heatwaves and hot weather are affecting local wildlife too While many of us are enjoying the heatwave, naturalists have urged the British public to help wildlife struggling to survive as water and food supplies have dwindled in the heat. After six consecutive days of 30C-plus temperatures and with rainfall at only around 15% of average monthly totals so far, wardens at The Lodge in Sandy, an RSPB nature reserve in Bedfordshire, are working to keep their animals,...
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US lawyers urge judge not to consider BP's plea to halt payments
2013-07-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A group of plaintiffs' lawyers have urged a US federal court judge not to consider BP's proposal to temporarily halt settlement payments to the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing
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US lawyers urge not to consider BPs plea to halt oil spill payments
2013-07-19 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A group of plaintiffs lawyers have urged a US federal court judge not to consider BPs proposal to temporarily halt settlement payments to the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 1
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Religion: 'Blessing the facts,' evangelical scientists urge Congress to reduce carbon emissions
2013-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E&E: Evangelical scientists have urged members of Congress to act on climate change in a letter calling for legislation to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment. The 200 signatories said they aim to bridge the gap between science and religion. "There's a sense that scientists are not a part of the evangelical community," said Katharine Hayhoe, the director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University and lead author of the "National Climate Assessment," a federal scientific...
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