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Consensus on Consensus: 97% of the Worlds Climate Scientists Say Humans Are Causing
2016-04-13 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new study confirms the expert consensus that humans are causing climate change, with a meta-analysis of research showing a convergence on the 97 percent agreement figure among climate scientists. We know how much deniers love questioning the scientific consensus, so we can only imagine how they will react to a consensus on the consensus. After years of attacks on John Cook`s 2013 paper finding a 97 percent consensus among climate change papers and experts, Cook pulled together a dream team of...
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That Time When Instead of Saying 'April Fool!' Google Had to Say 'Sorry!'
2016-04-02 00:00:52| TechNewsWorld
Unintentional consequences led Google to pull its April Fools' prank, Gmail Mic Drop, a few hours after launching it on Friday. The joke let users claim the last word in an email thread by clicking on the "Send + Mic Drop" option. A GIF of a minion from the animated movie Despicable Me -- would accompany the reply, and the sender would not receive any further responses to the thread.
Canada: Raise the carbon tax, B.C. businesses say
2016-03-31 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Metro: Nearly 140 businesses from across B.C. are calling for a stronger carbon tax. In an open letter to Premier Christy Clark, the signees argue that starting in July 2018, the provincial government should increase the carbon tax by $10 per tonne of C02 equivalent emissions per year (the tax rate has been pegged at $30 per tonne since 2012). It would mean a stronger incentive to reduce carbon pollution in the province and get the province back on track for reducing emissions, Matt Horne, associate...
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Wells Fargo shopping downtown, Uptown real estate market for potential move, brokers say
2016-03-31 00:31:14| Real Estate - Topix.net
Wells Fargo has its downtown offices in the landmark Fountain Place tower - the 60-story green glass rocket of a building on Ross Avenue. Real estate brokers say that Wells Fargo has been looking at new office buildings in Uptown as well as other downtown buildings for a possible move.
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Severe coral bleaching is damaging huge swaths of the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say
2016-03-30 15:08:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Scientists have declared that key portions of the Great Barrier Reef -- over a thousand miles long and the largest living structure on the planet, according to Australias Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority -- are now seeing the worst coral bleaching in recorded history. Were seeing very severe bleaching in the northern part of the reef, said professor Terry Hughes of James Cook University, where he heads the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies....
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