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Thanks to climate change, for better or worse, the Arctic is turning green
2016-07-03 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In June, NASA scientists provided a visualization of a startling climate change trend the Earth is getting greener, as viewed from space, especially in its rapidly warming northern regions. And this is presumably occurring as more carbon dioxide in the air, along with warmer temperatures and longer growing seasons, makes plants very, very happy. Now, new research in Nature Climate Change not only reinforces the reality of this trend which is already provoking debate about the overall climate...
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Gulf Coast activists tell 'Big Green' quit exploiting disasters for financial gain
2016-07-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ColorLines: In a new open letter, a group of 11 Gulf Coast environmental justice activists are demanding "respect and solidarity" from national "Big Green" organizations that they accuse of exploiting their local disasters for financial gain and treating poor people of color as "poster children for environmental injustice." The activists, who hail from EJ groups including 350 Louisiana, Houstonians Against Tar Sands and Radical Arts & Healing Collective, published the letter on a New Orleans website June...
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Australia: What Is a Green Foreign Policy?
2016-07-01 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diplomat: Australia goes to the polls today. It is a tight race between the two major parties, although the ruling Coalition is favored to remain in power. Meanwhile, Australias third party, the Greens have been growing and have finally began expanding their foreign policy plans. Security studies have come a long way from traditional realist precepts. Human security, food security and environmental security are all considered legitimate themes studied by governments across the world. Climate change represents...
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Going green: Morocco bans use of plastic bags
2016-07-01 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: As a ban on the production and use of plastic bags comes into effect across Morocco on Friday, green campaigners say that the country's consumers may need years to fully comply with the new law. A landmark bill passed by the Moroccan parliament last October banned the production, import, sale and distribution of plastic bags across the country. The bill, which became law on July 1, is part of a larger environmentally conscious effort across the North African country to go green. Morocco...
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Soil Associations Food for Life Catering Mark partners with NUS' Green Impact
2016-07-01 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
The Soil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark has announced a new partnership with the NUS' Green Impact in the UK.
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