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Trying to Save a Threatened Islands Cultural Heritage
2016-07-14 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Along a pier in San Pedro, Calif., a small fishing community brings in their catch each day, the salty breeze mingling with the smell of fish. This, says Bauea Crosby, is the only place nearby that reminds her of home. Crosby is a high school and community college teacher in nearby Concord. But for her, home is thousands of miles away in the small island nation of Kiribati, a place unknown to many of her students. The Republic of Kiribati, a tiny dot in the center of the Pacific Ocean, comprises...
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Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance
2016-07-13 23:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
POLITICO: Facing the increasing likelihood of a Hillary Clinton presidency, growing attacks from liberals and its own divides over a potential carbon tax, the oil industry is rethinking its political strategy on climate change. The American Petroleum Institute is making quiet efforts to revamp its climate messaging, creating a task force that could revisit the industrys long-held opposition to taxing greenhouse gas emissions. Many in the politically powerful industry believe that such a levy could be on...
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Threatened World Heritage Sites Must Be Protected Warns UN Body
2016-07-13 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Threatened World Heritage Sites Must Be Protected Warns UN Body The future of some of the world`s most important natural World Heritage sites was determined yesterday at a UN session representing 192 countries. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to keep the Belize barrier reef and Selous Game Reserve on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The reef was kept on the list due to continued threats from oil exploration, damaging coastal construction and pollution. While the decision...
Threatened oil industry rethinks climate stance
2016-07-11 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Facing the increasing likelihood of a Hillary Clinton presidency, growing attacks from liberals and its own divides over a potential carbon tax, the oil industry is rethinking its political strategy on climate change. The American Petroleum Institute is making quiet efforts to revamp its climate messaging, creating a task force that could revisit the industry's long-held opposition to taxing greenhouse gas emissions. Many in the politically powerful industry believe that such a levy could be on...
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Populations on the rise in Alaska villages threatened by erosion, changing climate
2016-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch News: Aerial view of the village of Kivalina, which is threatened by coastal erosion of the long barrier island between the Chukchi Sea in the distance and a lagoon at the mouth of the Kivalina River in the foreground on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Some Alaska villages perched on thawing and eroding permafrost may have to move soon to more solid ground inland, a daunting prospect. So will residents, on their own, abandon their threatened communities and avoid the need to pay for such costly community...
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