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Leo DiCaprio attacks Republican presidential candidates on climate change

2016-03-24 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Leonardo DiCaprio used a Japanese press conference for the Oscar-winning western The Revenant to launch a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump and other Republican candidates for the US presidency who deny climate change, reports AFP. The actor and environmentalist, in Tokyo to promote the local release of Alejandro G Iárritus 19th century frontier epic, said the next leader of the worlds most powerful nation should not be someone who refused to listen to reason. We should not have a candidate...

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Republican debate: Candidates talk climate change

2016-03-11 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBS News: With Thursday night's GOP debate set in Miami, where concerns about rising sea levels and the effects of climate change are more acute than in many parts of the country, moderator Jake Tapper asked the Republican candidates to outline their position on climate change. The question came from Miami Mayor Tomás Pedro Regalado. Here's what Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich said when they were asked about the issue--and how businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz feel about...

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Republican candidates skirt surprise climate change question at debate

2016-03-11 05:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The subject of climate change was raised on Thursday at the Republican debate in Miami a city with pressing concerns about its effects. Marco Rubio, the Florida senator fighting strongly on home ground as he sought to revive his presidential campaign, was asked: Will you acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus of climate change? Rubio said: Sure, the climate is changing There was never a time when the climate was not changing. But Rubio then said flooding in south Florida...

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Oil and gas industry has pumped millions into Republican campaigns

2016-03-03 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Fossil fuel millionaires collectively pumped more than $100m into Republican presidential contenders efforts last year in an unprecedented investment by the oil and gas industry in the partys future. About one in three dollars donated to Republican hopefuls from mega-rich individuals came from people who owe their fortunes to fossil fuels and who stand to lose the most in the fight against climate change. The scale of investment by fossil fuel interests in presidential Super Pacs reached...

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