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Senators Take Bipartisan Action To Reduce Pollutants Responsible For 40 Percent Of Global Warming
2014-06-26 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: On Thursday, two senators introduced a bipartisan proposal to address climate change. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) Super Pollutants Act of 2014 will reduce short-lived climate pollutants. These pollutants are responsible for around 40 percent of global warming, making them the second-largest contributor after carbon dioxide, which is accounts for about 55 percent of the global greenhouse effect. Known as super pollutants, because they are much more potent than carbon...
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4 Dire Warnings From Bipartisan Report on Climate Change's Economic Impact
2014-06-24 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A Tuesday report warning of dire economic consequences from climate change, from lost property to ruined crops, is the latest in a string of bipartisan efforts aimed at garnering public support to tackle the problem. The new report is from a coalition of top U.S. political and economic leaders from the left, right, and center-including three former Treasury Department secretaries going back to the Nixon White House-and was reviewed by leading climate scientists. "What we ultimately need is...
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Climate Changes Risk To Economy Assessed By Bipartisan Report
2014-06-24 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Global warming if unchecked could ruin businesses from tourism to construction, according to a report, Risky Business, released Tuesday by slew of politicians and economic figures from left, right and center political leanings, including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hedge-fund billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The unusual bipartisan alliance claims that climate change could cost the country billions of dollars over the next two decades....
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Bipartisan Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global Warming
2014-06-24 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More than a million homes and businesses along the nations coasts could flood repeatedly before ultimately being destroyed. Entire states in the Southeast and the Corn Belt may lose much of their agriculture as farming shifts northward in a warming world. Heat and humidity will probably grow so intense that spending time outside will become physically dangerous, throwing industries like construction and tourism into turmoil. That is the picture of what may happen to the United States economy...
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Bipartisan US heavyweights back climate risk study
2014-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: A study of the financial risks to the US from global warming, backed by former Treasury secretaries Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin and George Shultz, will be published next week in an effort to change the way American businesses and politicians think about climate change. The Risky Business project is chaired by Mr Paulson, Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist, and Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York. The report, to be published on Tuesday, will include estimated ranges of the potential...
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