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On eve Paris climate summit, Britain pulls plug on renewables
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: After standing dormant for 34 years, the Bankside Power Station was reborn last month. The onetime oil-fired, soot-spewing electric power plant, shut down and then converted into the Tate Modern, the worlds most popular contemporary art museum, is back producing energy again. Its roof has been coated with solar panels, which soak up the suns rays even on a cloudy London afternoon and help illuminate the avant-garde works in the galleries below. But rather than a shiny vision of modernity,...
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Paris climate change talks: Why are some people global warming deniers?
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Climate change denial, or doubt, or scepticism - however you want to brand it - is a broad spectrum. At the extreme end are those with enough religious fervour, perhaps delusion, to believe God will sort climate change out. At the moderate end are those who see the climate change campaign as a political effort, led by left-wing progressives, to make the state bigger. "One of the most common explanations for understanding public attitudes about climate change focuses on political factors," Cary...
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Can Trudeau make deal with the premiers to fight climate change?
2015-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Macleans: On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene the premiers to discuss a national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At week`s end, they will all then fly together to Paris for the United Nations climate conference. Trudeau has then given himself three months to finalize a target for GHG reductions and a deal with the provinces to achieve that target. To discuss Trudeau`s chances, Maclean`s spoke with David McLaughlin, former president of the National Roundtable on the Environment...
Alberta climate change policy to be released Sunday
2015-11-21 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Details of Alberta's new climate change policy will be released Sunday, one day before Premier Rachel Notley meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Notley and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips have scheduled a news conference at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton. CBC will live stream the announcement. The prime minister has invited provincial and territorial leaders to Ottawa Monday to discuss Canada's climate change plans before an international climate...
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Report: Hawaii ill-prepared for effects of climate change
2015-11-21 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hawaii News Now: Hawaii isn't prepared for the expected effects of climate change in the coming decades, including rising temperatures and coastal flooding, according to a new report. The report gave Hawaii a "D-' for climate change preparedness. "Hawaii faces considerable and increasing threat levels from extreme heat and coastal flooding,' the report said. "The state has taken only limited action to address current extreme heat risk. Although Hawaii has taken strong action to address current coastal flooding...
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