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Report: Globe could pass UN warming target
2014-09-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: If carbon emissions continue at current rates, the globe is set to surpass the United Nations's (U.N.) temperature target, hitting roughly 4 degrees Celsius, according to a new report. The sixth Low Carbon Economy report by international consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released late Sunday estimates the current rate of carbon emissions will "burn" through the 2 degrees Celsius marker set by the U.N. within 20 years. If countries are unable to reach an ambitious agreement during...
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Corporate America pays to send global warming deniers to Capitol Hill
2014-09-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bill Moyers: If you wonder why so many members of Congress are in denial when it comes to climate change, follow the money. This week, Forecast the Facts and SumOfUs, two grassroots groups working to sway public opinion about global warming, took a step toward holding legislators accountable with the release of a new report exposing the companies that since 2008, according to FEC data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, have bankrolled the Climate Denier Caucus to the tune of $641 million in campaign...
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Research shows surprise global warming 'hiatus' could have been forecast
2014-09-09 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australian and US researchers have shown that the slowdown in the rate of global warming in the early 2000s, known as a so-called global warming hiatus, could have been predicted if todays tools for decade-by-decade climate forecasting had been available in the 1990s. Although global temperatures remain close to record highs, they have shown little warming trend over the past 15 years, a slowdown that earlier climate models had been largely unable to predict. This has been used by climate...
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Activists plan worldwide march on global warming
2014-09-09 05:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Thousands of activists are expected to participate in a march in New York, London and eight other cities worldwide, including Delhi, to pressure world leaders to take action on global warming, ahead of a major summit on climate change this month, a British daily reported Monday. Heads of state will Sep 23 will attend a meeting on climate change in New York organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. It is being hoped the meeting will provide momentum to efforts to reach a global deal on cutting...
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Global warming key issue in update plan for protecting Long Island Sound
2014-09-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courant: A new 20-year plan to protect Long Island Sound while addressing problems created by global warming and rising sea levels calls for protecting or relocating key coastal facilities like oil tanks and power stations, among other measures. The draft proposal was released Monday by the Long Island Sound Study, a coalition of local, state and federal agencies, environmental groups and business organizations. It is the study's first update since an original long-range plan to restore the health of Long...
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