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Leaving the EU 'will make it harder for UK to tackle climate change'
2016-06-29 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Brexit will make it harder for Britain to play its role in tackling climate change, the UK energy and climate secretary has said. But Amber Rudd said that the UK remained committed to action on global warming and Whitehall sources have told the Guardian that on Thursday she will approve a world-leading carbon target for 2032. While I think the UKs role in dealing with a warming planet may have been made harder by the decision last Thursday, our commitment to dealing with it has not gone away,...
Brexit hot air causes climate problems
2016-06-29 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The shock waves felt round the world at the UKs decision in a referendum to leave the European Union will have unexpected consequences for some major projects linked to climate change. Plans for four giant nuclear reactors to be built in England by the French are almost certain to be scrapped because opposition among trade unions in France has hardened since last weeks vote. A second major project - a third runway at Heathrow, Londons busiest airport - was due to be given the go-ahead on...
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Amber Rudd: UK will be a climate leader post Brexit
2016-06-29 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: "The UK will not step back from international leadership... climate change has not been downgraded as a threat." Addressing clean energy investors in London on Wednesday, Britains climate and energy chief Amber Rudd struck a bullish tone post last weeks vote to leave the European Union. It was not a result she had wanted, but the decision to leave the worlds largest single market would not affect the governments commitment to tackling global warming, she stressed. Rudd confirmed the...
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As Extreme Weather Sweeps Across U.S., Is New Democratic Platform on Climate Change Too Weak?
2016-06-29 10:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: Extreme weather is sweeping across the United States, from scorching heat in the Southwest to uncontrollable wildfires in California, to deadly flooding in Appalachia. In West Virginia, at least 23 people have died in once-in-a-thousand-year flooding, and a number of people remain missing across the state. Meanwhile, wildfires are raging up and down the state of California. At least two people have died, and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. May was the 13th straight month to smash global temperature...
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North American Leaders to Discuss Climate Change in Canada
2016-06-29 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Climate change will be a priority during President Barack Obama's discussions in Canada Wednesday as he attends a North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto will join Obama in announcing a continent-wide climate partnership aimed at generating half of North America's electricity from non-carbon sources by 2025. Currently just over a third of the continent's electricity comes from clean energy sources such as wind, solar,...
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