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Burning all fossil fuels would scorch Earth: study
2016-05-27 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Average temperatures would climb by up to 9.5 degrees Celsius (17 degrees Fahrenheit)-five times the cap on global warming set at climate talks in Paris in December, they reported. In the Arctic region-already heating at more than double the global average-the thermometer would rise an unimaginable 15 C to 20 C. Burning all known reserves of oil, gas and coal would inject about five trillion tonnes of heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere, mainly in the form of carbon dioxide, a team wrote...
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Trump: America First on Fossil Fuels, Last on Climate Change
2016-05-27 16:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate: Donald Trump vowed Thursday that if elected president he would dismantle the landmark global treaty to tackle climate change endorsed by the whole world in Paris last year. Instead, he promised the domestic fossil fuel industry a no-holds-barred, America-first development policy aimed at maximizing production of coal, oil and natural gas. Speaking on the day he clinched the delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination, Trump delivered his first substantive speech on energy and climate...
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Portugal Ditched Fossil Fuels for 4 Days. Can We Go Longer?
2016-05-27 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Portugal became the latest country to coast solely on renewable energy this month, going without fossil-fuel power for four days straight. Denmark, Germany, and others recently have declared similar feats. But are these temporary clean-power surges a mark of real change, and if so, how far can that go? "This is definitely signalling a shift in terms of the energy mix," says Luca De Lorenzo, project manager at Sweden's nonprofit research group Stockholm Environment Institute. Overall, renewable...
What burning all remaining fossil fuels would do to the planet
2016-05-26 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Burning all fossil fuels on earth over the next 300 years would increase temperatures in some areas of the globe by up to 20C, resulting in catastrophic impacts to life on our planet, a new study warns. The paper, published in Nature Climate Change, examines the effects if we continue to burn coal, oil and gas with no effort to limit emissions. Global average temperatures would soar by 10C (50F), while the arctic, where temperatures in February year were already 16C above average, could see...
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Sweden: Leading Renewable Energy Revolution, Aims Completely Free Fossil Fuels
2016-05-26 01:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Times: With the world's fossil fuel stocks running out there is an increasing awareness globally on switching to renewable energy sources. It's perhaps best evident in Sweden, a country which currently meets around 52 percent of its total energy needs through renewable sources. EnergyPress In 2015 Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, while addressing the UN, had laid out an ambitious plan to make his country "one of the first fossil fuel-free welfare states of the world." The country which since...
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