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A conservative alternative to Obama's climate plan
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic: William F. Buckley, widely considered the father of modern conservatism, once opined: "Conservatives pride themselves on resisting change, which is as it should be. But intelligent deference to tradition and stability can evolve into intellectual sloth and moral fanaticism, as when conservatives simply decline to look up from dogma because the effort to raise their heads and reconsider is too great." A perfect illustration is the GOP`s current stance on climate change-an issue Buckley himself took...
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Indonesia: A hot issue at climate summit
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDev.Net: Shares As 190 nations prepare for the global climate summit in Paris this December, forest fires in Indonesia continue to rage since July 2015. Emissions from this year's fires have reached 1.62 billion metric tons of CO2, bumping Indonesia up from sixth largest to fourth largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter in the world, surpassing Russia in a matter of six weeks and the entire US economy in just 38 days. [1] Global Forest Watch Fires detected at least 127,000 fires across Indonesia this year,...
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Climate summit under terror's shadow in Paris
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Friday's deadly attacks in Paris threaten to cast a shadow on the global climate summit that's set to begin in that city two weeks from now - steering public attention away from the longer-term threat of a warming planet and rising seas toward the more immediate threat of ISIL terrorists. But advocates of a climate pact say hopes for a consensus at the summit could gain momentum from the emerging international unity on combating the Islamic State. And the gathering provides a new platform for...
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Governor tweaks climate doubters, seeks 'miracle' solution
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged governors nationwide to "just say no" to U.S. EPA's new carbon emissions rules earlier this year, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) offered what he called a "thoughtful" response publicly declining the Republican's suggestion. Now he admits that he just couldn't help trolling the Kentucky senator. "It did give me a certain pleasure to write the letter back saying that not only will we work on this but we're going to do it, we're going to do it...
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Paris climate talks will go on, organizers say
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: After a wave of deadly terrorist attacks that killed 129 people in Paris Friday night, France says the climate summit scheduled for the end of November will go on as planned. The conference, taking place Nov. 30-Dec. 11, has been planned for Paris since November, 2013. The goal of the global meeting is to nail down a legally binding deal that will limit rising greenhouse gas emissions. And despite Frances worse mass casualty attack since World War II on Friday, the conference will be held because...
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