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Side benefit of climate accord: Better health in polluted communities
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Integrity: Saturdays 196-nation climate pact is aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, whose effects on the planet already are being seen. Another beneficiary, however, will be public health. If, in fact, the accord marks a true shift away from dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil, people from South Texas to South Philadelphia should expect to live longer, higher-quality lives. Start with areas of heavy oil and gas drilling, like the Eagle Ford Shale region south of San Antonio. Last year the Center...
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Climate deal 'where work begins'
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: A global climate change deal has been hailed in New Zealand as a historic step, but scientists and environmentalists say the deal now needs to be backed with action. The Paris Agreement, signed by 197 countries yesterday morning (NZ time) after two weeks of negotiations, was described by Climate Change Minister Tim Groser as a "huge and historic step forward". It is the first global agreement on climate change and all member countries are committed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C this...
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China, US relationship key in climate agreement
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Even as smog levels in Beijing often turn the sky a smoky gray, one thing was clear at the global climate change talks in Paris: China, once a laggard, emerged as a key player in the battle to help avert the worst effects of global warming. The shift, by the world`s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, helped pave the way for the commitment by nearly 200 nations to reduce emissions. "You had a developing country and somebody who had been leading the efforts against us," said Secretary of State...
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Paris pact on climate change: Whats fear got to do with it?
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Fear is not a good adviser, says German leader Angela Merkel. She offered that advice recently about a fear in Europe of Muslim migrants. But she might as well have been talking about global warming. Take the climate-change accord reached Dec. 12 by every nation on Earth. It certainly was driven by heightened concerns about potential threats from a rise in global temperatures. But after 23 years of trying to achieve a pact for universal action, negotiators finally found a way to an agreement beyond...
Photos: Thousands protest in Paris to urge climate action
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Paris today when the negotiations on a historic climate agreement were still ongoing, unfurling long red banners to urge the world not to cross the lines that will lead to catastrophic global warming. Organizers said more than 10,000 people participated in the rally, which came after the French government lifted a ban on protests issued after the terrorist attacks of November 13. The police stood by to make sure it proceeded peacefully. The protesters...
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