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DiCaprio calls for action on climate change in Oscars speech
2016-02-29 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leonardo DiCaprio has won an Academy Award for best actor for his role as a betrayed 19th century frontiersman in The Revenant. The nomination was DiCaprios fifth in an acting capacity but it is the first time he has won an Oscar. The actor used his acceptance speech to warn about the effects of global warming, saying Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take this night for granted
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Exxon Mobils insane argument against action on climate change
2016-02-27 02:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Exxon Mobil has devised a bizarre new argument to wriggle away from its shareholders demands: Humanity cant fix the problem we created, so we shouldnt even try. Yep as it turns out, Exxon Mobils shareholders care a lot more about climate change than the company itself does. The planets largest publicly traded oil and gas company challenged a resolution about climate change regulations from its own shareholders on Friday, arguing that its a practical improbability that the emissions-restricting...
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Trade Rules Trump Climate Action: U.S. Blocks Indias Ambitious Solar Plans
2016-02-26 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: India has been told that it cannot go ahead as planned with its ambitious plan for a huge expansion of its renewable energy sector, because it seeks to provide work for Indian people. The case against India was brought by the U.S. The ruling, by the World Trade Organization, says Indias National Solar Mission--which would create local jobs, while bringing electricity to millions of people--must be changed because it includes a domestic content clause requiring part of the solar cells to be produced...
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Snyder Aide Says Governor Knew About Flint Water Issues A Year Before Action Was Taken
2016-02-26 15:38:20| Automakers - Topix.net
Aides close to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his top lawyers discussed concerns about water quality in Flint and its impact on health as early as October 2014, a full year before the water source was switched back to Detroit and away from the Flint River, according to a review of 550 newly released emails by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News . At least one aide says the concerns were brought directly to the governor himself.
In Wake of Cyclone Winston, 350.org Pacific Stands with Fiji and Urges Global Climate Action
2016-02-26 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Less than a week after Fiji became the first nation to ratify the Paris agreement, Tropical Cyclone Winston became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, wreaking havoc in Tonga and growing into an unpredictable and severe Category 5 system, leaving a trail of destruction across Fiji. As many Fijians are still reeling from the aftermath of severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, efforts are already underway to rebuild Fiji. The relationship between climate change and...
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