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Climate Change Is Rewiring Government-Citizen Relationships
2016-05-30 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: The United States doesnt have a good history with urban projects, says architect Matthijs Bouw. As proof, he points to the multitude of grim public-housing projects across the country. Theorists believed courtyards enclosed by tall towers would enhance quality of life, but nobody asked the people whod be living there. Today, students learn about places like Pruitt-Igoe in St. Louis and Cabrini-Green in Chicago as models for what not to do; city governments have already taken the wrecking ball...
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'Climate change probably not responsible for Harappan civilisation collapse'
2016-05-30 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Zee: Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the Harappans "did not give up" despite the decline in the monsoon. The recent research by a team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur, Institute of Archaeology, Deccan College Pune, Physical Research Laboratory and Archaeological survey of India (ASI) also shows that the civilization itself was...
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Australia: Climate change action vital to reef
2016-05-30 06:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Both the Coalition and Labor admit saving the Great Barrier Reef from devastating bleaching will require action on climate change. Their leaders turned their campaign focus to protecting the environmental icon on Monday, with Labor pledging $377 million in new funding for research and management. The coalition promised $6 million for another boat to cull crown of thorns starfish. Labor's cash injection will go to improving water quality, streamlining management and science, including a $50 million...
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Naomi Klein says Alberta wildfires linked to climate change in Calgary address
2016-05-30 05:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Refusing to link climate change to the Fort McMurray wildfires puts Albertans at odds with the scientific consensus and it's a barrier to a meaningful conversation on how to move forward, an award-winning journalist told hundreds at the Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences on Sunday. Naomi Klein, a best-selling author, social activist and filmmaker addressed themes from her most recent book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, in Calgary, the heart of the oil and...
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Expert urges voluntary family planning mitigate climate change
2016-05-30 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: With climate change already close to an irreversible tipping point, urgent action is needed to reduce not only our mean (carbon) footprints but also the "number of feet" -- that is, the growing population either already creating large footprints or aspiring to do so, argues a leading physician and environmentalist in The BMJ. Yet John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health at University College London, says most climate change discussions focus only on technology...
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