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Stephen Colbert on our inaction to IPCC climate change report
2014-04-03 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Kos: Last night, Stephen Colbert looked at how our government will basically do nothing in response to the latest IPCC climate change report that warns of dire consequences, thanks to companies like ExxonMobil. In a report to shareholders released the exact same day as the UN report, Exxon acknowledged the need to adopt policies to address climate change, but concluded that governments are "highly unlikely" to adopt policies that cut emissions. And Exxon knows what they're talking about, because...
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Climate inaction to be 'catastrophe'
2014-03-31 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The costs of inaction on climate change will be "catastrophic", according to US Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr Kerry was responding to a major report by the UN which described the impacts of global warming as "severe, pervasive and irreversible". He said dramatic and swift action was required to tackle the threats posed by a rapidly changing climate. Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the report says. Scientists and officials...
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Secretary of State Kerry on UN Climate Report: 'Costs Inaction Are Catastrophic'
2014-03-31 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The release of a United Nations report detailing the pervasive effects of climate change should serve as a call to action for the worlds nations to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, Secretary of State John Kerry argued Sunday night. In a statement issued by the State Department, Kerry called denial of climate change science malpractice and warned the costs of inaction are catastrophic. Read this report and you can't deny the reality: Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science...
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Legislative session ends with inaction on Amtrak route
2014-02-24 00:08:12| Railroads - Topix.net
SANTA FE >> The New Mexico legislative session failed to make any commitment Thursday to fund the state's share of costs to keep Amtrak's Southwest Chief on its current route.
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Report describes the unfathomable cost of inaction on rising seas
2014-02-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The world needs to invest tens of billions of dollars a year in beefing up shoreline defenses against rising oceans or it will face mind-boggling costs in the decades to come, according to new research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If nations don't build up dikes, levees and sea walls, harden existing infrastructure, and preserve natural sponges like wetlands and barrier islands--and if they also do nothing to cut the emissions of greenhouse gases that...
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