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Philippines delegate refuses to eat until action on climate change 'madness'

2013-11-12 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: With his country grappling with the damage from "hell-storm" Haiyan, a Philippines official launched a hunger strike Tuesday to pressure a U.N. climate change conference for concrete steps to fight global warming. Naderev Sano, a member of the Philippines Climate Change Commission, said he was fasting "in solidarity with my countrymen who are now struggling for food back home" -- including his own brother, whom Sano said "has been gathering bodies of the dead with his own two hands." "What...

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Main Syrian opposition refuses from participating in Geneva 2 talks

2013-10-13 15:32:46| IT Services - Topix.net

The Syrian opposition's main political force - Syrian National Council has today reported that it does not intend to participate in the Geneva- 2 upcoming negotiations on Syrian crisis settlement with several Western countries, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Agence France Presse.

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Sen. Marco Rubio "refuses to accept the basic science" on climate change

2013-08-16 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Tampa Bay Times: In a recent email to supporters in Florida, Organizing for Action -- a group that supports President Barack Obama -- criticized the climate change policies of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the Senates leading Republicans and a possible 2016 presidential contender. The email, signed by Ivan Frishberg, the groups climate campaign manager, begins like this: "Friend -- "We're spending the next week of Action August getting serious about climate change. "To get ready, we're calling out Sen. Marco...

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