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Climate change or global warming?
2014-06-12 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boulder Weekly: More Americans say the term global warming is bad news than take that view when the term climate change is used instead, according to a recent study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communications. Americans interpret and respond to these words differently, said Anthony Leiserowitz, the director of the Yale study, which found 13 percent more Americans saw global warming as a bad thing and that 9 percent more...
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EPA carbon proposal crucial step in addressing global climate change
2014-06-10 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) June 2nd regulation proposal hit all the expected chords. Following on the heels of a January regulation for new power plants, the Clean Power Plan focuses on all existing electric generation. By 2030, the plan aims to reduce 2005-level carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent and soot and smog-causing pollutants by 25 percent. It may also alter the national and global climate change dialogue more than expected. As mongabay.com reported before its release,...
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Global Warming vs Climate Change What Scares You More?
2014-05-28 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Many Americans still do not think of "climate change" and "global warning" as synonymous phrases, according to a recent analysis of survey results. The results were detailed in a report released by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies titled "What's In A Name? Global Warming vs Climate Change." According to the report, despite the fact that the scientific community prefers to use the term "climate change" for technical reasons, the term "global warming" still earns stronger...
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'Global warming' scarier than 'climate change,' surveys find
2014-05-28 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Americans are more concerned about the changing planet when the words "global warming" are used than when they hear "climate change," new research finds. The two terms are often used synonymously, but new surveys reveal that they carry different connotations for many people, particularly African Americans, Hispanic Americans, liberals and people between the ages of 31 and 48. Republicans see the two terms as more or less equivalent, but Democrats, political independents, liberals and moderates...
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Trade Unions launch global climate action campaign
2014-05-27 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Trade unions representing workers around the world have become the latest group to throw their weight behind calls for an ambitious international climate treaty to be agreed at next year's UN-backed Paris Summit, with the launch of the new Unions4Climate campaign. More than 50 unions officially signed up to support the campaign at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) conference in Berlin last week, pledging to support calls for an ambitious new climate treaty to limit temperature...
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