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Moral climate: Beyond science and politics
2013-04-21 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: Rob Gillies and his team gather data on Nepals changing climate for a research project. They log temperatures, raindrops and snow. They pump the numbers into powerful computers and read the trend lines the computers spit out. Gillies sees the numbers in human terms, too. Global warming is likely to mean less water, putting crops and livestock in peril, along with nourishment for children who already dont get enough to eat. That leaves the climate scientist with questions instruments cant answer....
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Council gets 2013 budget, to vote on moral claims
2013-02-11 00:26:51| Steel - Topix.net
The final 2013 budget will be presented to City Council tonight and two moral claims will be back for final votes.
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In inaugural address, Obama makes a moral case for action on climate change
2013-01-23 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama had mentioned climate change in prominent speeches before Monday. In his November victory speech, he spoke of protecting Americas children from the destructive power of a warming planet. At his first inauguration, he promised to harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. But in his remarks Monday after taking the oath of office, Obama chose to make a moral case rather than an economic or national security one for taking action. We...