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New coal plants would tip Earth to dangerous warming: report
2015-12-01 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: While scientists agree humanity needs to phase out coal within 35 years, thousands of new plants are being planned that would doom hopes of keeping global warming to safer levels, analysts said Tuesday. Greenhouse gas emitted by these 2,440 potential plants -- on top of those already in operation -- would breach the UN target of restricting the planet's temperature rise, according to a mid-range estimate by Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a respected research group. Members of the UN are striving...
Nations most at risk of climate change urge lower warming cap
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Leaders from a group of 43 countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change called on the first day of U.N. climate talks for a new deal that puts the world on track to limit global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve that goal - which is tougher than the expected 2 degree Celsius cap at the talks - would require cutting carbon emissions to zero and adopting 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, the nations said. Meeting it would demand much higher ambition at the talks...
Global warming may affect pesticide effectiveness
2015-12-01 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The effectiveness of an important mosquito-fighting insecticide may be impaired by global warming, according to a recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. Two researchers from Montana State University, graduate student Shavonn Whiten and Dr. Robert Peterson, have shown that permethrin becomes less effective at killing the yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) as temperatures increase. These mosquitoes, which are found in the tropics and the subtropics, can transmit viruses that lead to...
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Obama urges world action on climate change: No nation 'immune' to global warming
2015-11-30 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama joined leaders from 150 nations on Monday in pledging action against climate change, kicking off a historic two-week gathering that Obama called a turning point in the battle against one of humanitys gravest threats. Heads of state from industrial powers and tiny island nations assembled in a heavily guarded conference center north of Paris, where negotiators hope to forge a treaty to dramatically reduce emissions of greenhouse-gas pollution blamed for warming the planet. Obama,...
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Heated exchanges over link between global warming and terrorism
2015-11-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As world leaders convene in Paris this week to confront the long-term threat of global warming, the fact that their talks are taking place in a city still recovering from a deadly terrorist attack has amped up a long-running debate about how much climate change contributes to extremist violence. The question is playing prominently in the U.S. presidential race. The bitter disagreement it has spawned underscores the challenge climate activists face in selling their broader message to the public....
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