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Obama Defends Presence at Climate Change Talks While Syria War Rages
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama said on Tuesday that the United States was obligated to undertake climate talks in the midst of a war in Syria because this one trend, climate change, affects all trends. Speaking at a news conference in Paris, where he was attending the climate talks, Mr. Obama said that much of the United States spending on the military and other matters would have to be devoted to dealing with rising sea levels and changing weather patterns if nothing was done to address those challenges. ...
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Syria war linked to climate change: Britains Prince Charles
2015-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Britain's Prince Charles, who is to give a speech at the start of the UN climate summit in Paris next week, said in an interview out on Monday that the war in Syria could be linked to global warming. "There's very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria, funnily enough, was a drought that lasted for about five or six years,' Charles told SkyNews. He said the drought meant that "huge numbers of people in the end had to leave the land'. "Some of us were...
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French air strikes in Syria fire up Hong Kong stocks
2015-11-17 15:43:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Hong Kong stocks rallied to a strong close by midday on Tuesday, driven by surging oil shares as investors fretted over geopolitical tensions that France's airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State could disrupt the flow of oil from the troubled Middle East. The benchmark Hang Seng Index advanced 2.1 per cent to end the morning session at 22,470.25.
Syria and Climate Change: Does Global Warming Fuel Conflict?
2015-11-16 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPA: At the Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders was asked: You said you want to rid the planet of ISIS. In the previous debate you said the greatest threat to national security is climate change. Do you still believe that? Absolutely, Sen. Sanders replied. Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism and if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, youre going to see countries all over the world, this is what the CIA says,...
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Abbreviated pundit round-up: Dying white working class; troops to Syria, no to Keystone XL
2015-11-09 14:39:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
Gar Alperovitz-a political economy professor at the University of Mayland, historian and author of numerous books on the topic of corporate capitalism's increasingly conspicuous pitfalls-is a well-known voice in the national discussion. He believes that the path to both greater income equality and ecological sustainability must begin with the democratization of ownership.
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