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Australian doctors call for Health Minister to attend Paris climate talks
2015-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The "increasingly unmanageable" threat of climate change on children's health has prompted an open letter from doctors around Australia to the government, calling for Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley to attend the United Nations Paris climate summit this December. In the letter, from independent organisation Doctors for the Environment Australia, leading doctors warn of the "health emergency" climate change presents for children, who have the least capacity to act. "More bushfires, floods...
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Brazil minister calls out emerging economies over weak climate pledges
2015-10-28 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Brazil is shouldering more of the burden of climate action than countries of comparative wealth, according to its environment minister. Izabella Teixeira singled out pledges by Singapore and South Korea as "inexcusable" at an event on Wednesday. Those countries` targets allow greenhouse emissions to rise as their relatively wealthy economies grow over the next 15 years. Brazil is the first developing nation to commit an absolute carbon cut, by contrast: -- 37% by 2025 compared with 2005 levels....
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Will Canadas New Prime Minister Turn His Campaign Promises Into Climate Action?
2015-10-20 20:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The votes are in, and Stephen Harper is out. Canadians voted the country`s Liberal Party into power Monday, results that ushered in Liberal leader Justin Trudeau as prime minister and spelled the end for Conservative Stephen Harper`s nine-year run in the role. Harper now heads up the country`s Official Opposition, as his party came in second place ahead of Tom Mulcair`s New Democratic Party. Harper`s policies had turned him into something of a villain in climate and environmental circles. His...
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Energy minister 'open-minded' about UK solar subsidy cuts
2015-10-20 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has told MPs she remains open-minded about plans to slash subsidies for solar power in order to protect consumer bills, but told MPs on Tuesday that very expensive nuclear power stations were nonetheless affordable for customers. Leadsom was questioned by MPs on the energy and climate change (ECC) select committee about proposed cuts to renewable energy subsidies that her predecessor has called catastrophic. She said changes were needed to avoid a projected...
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City of Arue, Minister of Digital Strategy, Smart Tahiti Networks &...
2015-10-20 03:09:32| Wireless - Topix.net
Open Garden is the creator of FireChat, the first mobile app that works without access to the Internet or cell networks. can now communicate with each other for free, using just their phones and without the need for a data plan or an Internet connection.
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