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Ahead of power plant push, Obama ties climate change to health hazards
2014-05-31 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign to promote new restrictions on U.S. power plant emissions on Saturday by tying the fight against climate change with efforts to promote better health for children and the elderly. In his weekly radio address, Obama said the United States had to do more to reduce carbon emissions so that children suffering from asthma and other related ailments did not face further problems as a result of polluted air. His argument was a preview of the case that his...
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Climate Change Catastrophes Ahead? Here's How We Can Prepare
2014-05-06 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: eat waves, droughts, and downpours across the United States are likely to increase according to a White House report released Tuesday -- and experts say all we might be able to do now is prepare for whats to come. "People have this perception of this being an issue that affects our kids but not us, or affects polar bears in the Arctic but not us, and what this report really brings home is the fact that climate change is affecting us right here, today, said Katharine Hayhoe, a lead author of...
Ahead of June climate change talks, UN body urges coordinated response to CO2 danger zone
2013-05-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UN News: In the face of "clear and present danger," the United Nations climate change body is warning that a stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world`s carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in 4 million years. "The world must wake up and take note of what this means for human security, human welfare and economic development," said the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana...
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Climate change report: Seas rising, heat waves ahead
2013-01-11 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Climate change is already affecting how Americans live and work, and evidence is mounting that the burning of fossil fuels has roughly doubled the probability of extreme heat waves, the Obama administration said Friday. "Sea level is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic, and glacier and Arctic Sea ice are melting," says a draft of the third federal Climate Assessment Report, compiled by more than 240 scientists for a federal advisory committee. "These changes are part of the pattern of global...
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