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U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down
2016-02-19 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres has announced she will step down from her position in July, ending a six-year run that culminated in the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement in December. The Paris deal marked the first time that all countries -- including the richest and poorest nations -- agreed to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. As head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Figueres played a major role in...
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Oil Leasing Protests a New Front in Climate Policy Fight?
2016-02-19 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Federal oil and gas lease sales are often dour bureaucratic affairs, but 100 climate protesters hope their actions at a sale in Salt Lake City this week represent the growth of a new front in the national policy fight over global warming. Climate activists, part of what's known as the "Keep It in the Ground' movement, have pivoted from their successful fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline last year to protesting oil and gas leasing on public lands. Public lands are a major source fossil fuels,...
Members of Congress call investigation of Shell over climate change
2016-02-19 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A Southern California congressman and two other representatives are calling for an investigation of Shell Oil over whether it deceived the public on climate change at the same time it was preparing its business operations for rising sea levels. In a Feb. 17 letter to U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch, the three members of Congress said growing evidence suggests there may have been "a conspiracy between Shell, Exxon Mobil and potentially other companies in the fossil fuel industry." U.S. Rep. Ted...
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Carving up Canada's climate change burden
2016-02-18 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Macleans: The December trip to Paris for the UN climate conference was lots of fun for ministers. It felt great to be among the climate change good guys again. But now its February in Ottawa and reality is sinking in. They made a big promise in Paris and people are wondering how they are going to meet it. Or if, as with so many of our past climate change promises, Canada has neither the intention nor capacity to walk the talk. The challenge facing Ministers is significant. The 2030 target is 524 Mt, a...
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Polar Bear Starves To Death -- Rude Awakening For Climate Change Skeptics?
2016-02-18 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: A polar bear has starved to death allegedly due to climate change in a picture posted by the Daily Mail. In a bone-chilling photo, the photographer has captured what could be called an evidence of climate change. This Artic polar bear 'starved to death as a result of climate change' https://t.co/JemmTz5W42 pic.twitter.com/OQ8MQrIq0S -- Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 18, 2016 Photographer Sebastian Copeland said he was trekking in the Canadian Arctic when he saw the corpse of the...
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