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U.S. Senate voted 4 times in 2 days to deny existence of manmade global warming

2015-01-23 23:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: In a series of votes that took place on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. Senate voted against four separate measures that would have put it on record as recognizing what the vast majority of climate scientists have shown for decades now: that global warming since the start of the industrial revolution is largely manmade. The votes, which were on amendments to a bill that would force the White House to approve the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, signaled just how far out of step the Republican...

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Man-made fibres climb to 70% of total production

2015-01-14 12:41:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Man-made fibres accounted for a record 70% of all fibres produced in 2013, while the share held by raw cotton and wool both slipped during the year, new research shows.

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Study: Causes of California drought natural, not man-made

2014-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: Natural weather patterns, not man-made global warming, are causing the historic drought parching California, says a study out Monday from federal scientists. "It's important to note that California's drought, while extreme, is not an uncommon occurrence for the state," said Richard Seager, the report's lead author and professor with Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. The report was sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report did not appear...

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Sea-level rise impacts man-made issues in bays

2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Delmarva Now: The work required to monitor environmental concerns at the Burton Island ash disposal site in the Indian River Bay can serve as a lesson in caution, Center for the Inland Bays Executive Director Chris Bason said. "The resources needed for that are crazy, which to me says we should just be careful about what we do to the environment, otherwise it's so much time fixing the problem. It's the same thing with building near the water," Bason said. At a recent Citizens Advisory Committee meeting Bason...

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