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Pacific Leaders Get Blunt About Unfolding Calamity of Climate Change

2015-11-02 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: At a summit in Fiji last week, the last major gathering of Pacific island nations before crunch UN climate talks in Paris next month, islanders thrashed out their collective plea to the world to help address the health impacts of climate change, particularly upon women, infants and adolescents. Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Fijis foreign minister, said the country was dealing with the re-emergence of climate-influenced diseases such as typhoid, dengue fever, leptospirosis and diarrhoeal illnesses. Last...

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Business leaders will bring politicians to the table on climate change

2015-11-02 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: Now that the majority of people in both political parties accept that climate change is occurring, Washington's top task is to catch up with the rest of the country -- particularly business and farming communities -- and engage in a real debate about practical solutions. In a recent op-ed in the Miami Herald, Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R) said lawmakers need to do a better job of focusing on ways to cut carbon emissions, invest in clean energy and combat climate change. While some politicians...

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International Leaders Discuss Substances That Cause Global Warming

2015-10-30 22:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about next week's international conference on substances in air conditioners and refrigerators that heat up the atmosphere.

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