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Kerry State Department Ignored Obama Climate Action Plan

2014-02-17 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: In 2009, President Obama made a commitment to reduce U.S. greenhouse gases by 17 percent by 2020. The Obama administration put this forward as the U.S. share of a global effort to limit climate change to no more than two degrees Celsius - the target scientists tell us may be safe. Achieving this target, which has been unanimously agreed on a global level, is central to the success of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, announced in June of last year. It is therefore shocking to realize that...

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Kerry: Climate change as big a threat as terrorism, poverty, WMDs

2014-02-17 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Saying that climate change ranks among the world's most serious problems -- such as disease outbreaks, poverty, terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on all nations to respond to "the greatest challenge of our generation." Kerry, speaking before college students in Jakarta, Indonesia, also criticized climate-change deniers, saying "a few loud interest groups" shouldn't be given the chance to misdirect the conversation. Kerry...

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John Kerry calls for united front on climate change

2014-02-17 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BusinessGreen: John Kerry has urged countries around the world to act on climate change, attacking "shoddy scientists" and "extreme ideologies" that seek to undermine investment in climate-related measures. Speaking in Jakarta yesterday, the US Secretary of State outlined the dangers of climate change to the environment and the economy, insisting that the science behind anthropogenic climate change is "absolutely certain". Climate change, said Kerry, is "perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction"....

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Kerry: We have to invest in new technology fight climate change

2014-02-17 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: John Kerry has said that the world needs to address climate challenges by reducing emissions and investing in clean technologies, in order to prevent spending billions to clean up after extreme weather events. The US secretary of state told an audience in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday that the science behind climate change was absolutely certain and was a warning to everyone. He said that the discussion about climate change has barely changed since 1992, despite increasingly worryingly signs...

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