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Climate change skeptic accused violating disclosure agreement
2015-01-26 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: A climate-change skeptic at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who has relied on grants from fossil-fuel energy interests apparently failed to disclose financial conflicts of interest in a newly released paper, according to a complaint by a climate watchdog group. The paper by Harvard-Smithsonian scientist Willie Soon and three other climate-change skeptics contends that the UN panel that tracks global warming uses a flawed methodology to estimate global temperature change. Soon and...
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Climate change could impact poor much more than previously thought
2015-01-26 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Its widely accepted that climate change will have bigger negative impacts on poorer countries than wealthy ones. However, a new economic modeling study finds that the economic impacts on these poorer countries could be much larger than previous estimates. As a result, they suggest that we should be aiming to limit global warming to near, or perhaps even less than the international target of 2°C. This conclusion is in sharp contrast to current economic models, which generally conclude that the...
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Modi shifts on climate change with India renewables goal
2015-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready to expand its use of renewable energy as a way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a signal that his government is moving toward joining an international deal on global warming. After a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi, the prime minister said that his nation along with all others has an obligation to act on reducing the fossil-fuel emissions blamed for damaging the climate. The remarks represent a shift in Indias tone on...
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US And India Make Climate Change Announcement On First Day Obama Trip
2015-01-25 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama met with India's prime minister on the first day of his second visit to India. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Julie McCarthy about an agreement between the two to tackle climate change.
Modi no climate change pressure India after US-China pact
2015-01-25 21:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday India was not under pressure on climate change after the US and China signed an emissions deal, but added global warming itself was reason to take action. India, the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has resisted pressure to commit to a timeline for capping emissions after China and the United States announced a bilateral pact in November. "India is an independent country. There is no pressure as such," Modi said after talks with...
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