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Californians divided along party lines on combating climate change
2015-07-30 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two-thirds of Californians link the state's ongoing catastrophic drought to climate change, and most support Governor Jerry Brown's efforts to combat it but that's also because most Californians are Democrats, a new poll shows. The survey released on Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows that 64 percent of the state's residents believe that global warming has affected the state's drought, now in its fourth year. But that masks deep divisions along party lines,...
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California is a global leader in combating climate change, but it hasnt been enough
2015-07-19 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Daily News: Nearly a decade ago, California policymakers, facing a frightening future of shriveling snowpacks and rising seas, created the nations most aggressive program to combat global warming. The 2006 law mandated broad reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Now, as the deadline approaches, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers are intensifying their efforts. They are crafting emissions-reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 that will be far more difficult to meet. One bill seeks to slash...
China needs to fulfill its obligation COMBATING global warming
2015-07-10 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yomiuru Shimbun: China should fulfill its responsibility in fighting global warming as the world's largest carbon-dioxide emitter. The country has submitted to the United Nations its target for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Its main goal is to reduce CO2 emissions by 60 per cent to 65 per cent per unit of gross domestic product by the end of 2030, compared with 2005 levels. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasised his country's determination in this respect, saying, "[China] will do its utmost to combat climate...
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How Michigan's agriculture industry is combating climate change
2015-05-02 17:03:00| Agriculture - Topix.net
Last week, Secretary Tom Vilsack chose Michigan to announce the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plans to help agriculture respond to climate change. Extreme weather events have become more common, and more severe.
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Electronics Industry Leads the Way in Combating Forced Labor
2015-04-08 15:37:33| Electronics - Topix.net
ALEXANDRIA, Va., , Apr. 08 /CSRwire/ - The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition , a nonprofit coalition of leading electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, has made the eradication of forced labor a high priority in 2015 as evidenced by a series of recent actions taken to strengthen its Code of Conduct. The EICC today announced changes to its Code designed to protect workers and a membership vote to ban all recruitment fees paid by workers.
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