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Groups Demand French President Lift Ban on Climate Protests and Marches
2015-11-27 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Ahead of international climate talks which are about to begin in Paris, an international coalition of NGOs, political figures and civil society groups on Thursday demanded French President François Hollande lift the ban on protests and marches despite recent violence. The groups say the French government cannot proclaim a "commitment to democracy and freedom" while simultaneously suspending "democracy and freedom." In a letter addressed to Hollande, which has also taken the form of an online petition...
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Shorten promises zero emissions climate change policy for Australia under Labor government
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Australia will aim for an ambitious net zero pollution target by 2050 under a Labor elected government, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has declared. The announcement came as Shorten also criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit for flying to Paris carrying Tony Abbotts climate-sceptic baggage. Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Shorten stated that Labor believed zero emissions...
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For humanity's sake, get over climate change denial
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post Dispatch: There are many reasons otherwise sane and rational people reject the overwhelming worldwide consensus of scientists that climate change is real, that its caused by human activity, and that, unless drastic steps are taken, it will be catastrophic to humanity. For some, its a matter of pure economics. As author and journalist Upton Sinclair said, It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. The fossil fuel industry pays a lot of salaries....
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Obamas climate envoy: Now is our time.
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: Todd Stern, the soft-spoken diplomat who has labored for years to craft a global climate accord, flatly admitted that he would not answer the last question. Stern, at a press conference Tuesday, was asked to imagine what would happen if a final pact doesnt come together in looming talks in Paris, and whether the current momentum could be recaptured. I am not going to indulge in thinking about the downside of Paris, said Stern, the State Departments special...
Paris talks could improve climate pledges
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Until recently, global climate negotiations resembled wards full of newborn babies. Everybody seemed awfully upset about something, but with little idea what to do about it. Now the kids are growing. And they've been handing in their homework. What happens to that homework as countries' climate policies mature could mean the difference between a humanity that's afflicted by climate change, or one that's devastated by it. The way that countries will move together to act on climate in the coming...
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