NewsRack: 'Climate Policy' news in 'Air and Climate-Independent' topic for user flenvcenter

Obama's Arctic Strategy Sets Off a Climate Time Bomb	18.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed One week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining the government's strategic priorities over the next 10 years. read more
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Ice Age Climate Changed Quickly	17.5.2013	Environmental News Network
Short, sharp fluctuations in the Earth's climate throughout the last ice age may have stopped trees from getting a foothold in Europe and northern Asia, scientists say. According to a new study, warm spells were so brief that trees were unable to establish themselves before the temperature shot back down again. 'The warm events were so short-lived that ecosystems weren't able to respond in full,' says Professor Brian Huntley, of Durham University, who led the study.
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Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 3: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Despite the fact that ExxonMobil is still a significant contrarian funder, the flurry of media interest in the company's funding agenda sparked by UCS's exposé died down soon after its release and remains feeble to this day. What happened?
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David_Goldstein: A Daughter's Tears: The President's Speech	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
China has recently overtaken the United States as the world's highest carbon emitter. Of course, for any solution to be effective, not only the United States, not only China, but the entire world must get on board.
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Headlines for May 16, 2013	16.5.2013	Democracy Now!
IRS Commissioner Forced to Resign over Extra Scrutiny of Right-Wing Groups, Holder: Deputy Signed Off on AP Subpoenas, Holder Unsure of How Many Journalist Subpoenas He's Approved, Report: Verizon Gave Justice Dept. Records of 2 Journalists, White House Seeks Revival of Media Shield Law, Dem Rep. Blasts Holder for Drug War, Marijuana Crackdown, Suicide Attack Kills 6 in Kabul; Group Tells AP of Plans to Target U.S. Soldiers, U.N. General Assembly Condemns Syrian Gov't as Toll Passes 80,000, Palestinians Mark 65th Anniversary of "Nakba", Up to 6 Dead in Cambodia Shoe Factory Collapse, White House Releases Emails on Benghazi Talking Points, U.S. Earns $50.6 Billion Profit on Student Interest, Regulators Back Down on New Derivatives Rule, Hundreds Take Part in Milwaukee Fast-Food, Retail Strike, North Dakota Abortion Clinic Challenges New Restriction, Charges Dropped Against NYPD Officer in Shooting Death of Ramarley Graham, New DNA Evidence Could Clear Florida Death Row Prisoner
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Bad News For Climate Change Policy	15.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Oil isn't likely to peak any time soon. And that's bad news for climate policy....
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Headlines for May 13, 2013	13.5.2013	Democracy Now!
Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Imprisoned After Genocide Conviction, Atmospheric Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Hits 400ppm Milestone, Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Wins Pakistani Election Amidst Rigging Claims, Violence, Cleveland Victims Thank Supporters; Paternity Test Confirms Suspect Fathered Rescued Child, 19 Shot at New Orleans Mother's Day Parade, IRS Apologizes for Scrutiny of Tea Party Groups, Activists Rally for Guantánamo Closure, Benghazi Emails Show White House Role in Talking Points, Report: CIA Relied on Libyan Militia to Guard Benghazi Compound, Co-Author of Heritage Foundation Immigration Study Resigns, Federal Judge Rejects Admin's Appeal of Plan B Ruling, Texas Authorities Launch Criminal Probe of Fertilizer Blast, Spaniards Mark 2nd Anniversary of "Indignados" Movement, Mothers' Group Holds Gun Control Rallies Nationwide, Activists Stage Weekend Poor People’s Campaign and March
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The Republican civil war on climate change	10.5.2013	TreeHugger
Coral Davenport at National Journal has a well-reported piece on the "coming civil war in the Republican party." Can the moderates turn the fundamentalists around?
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Vice President Biden talks climate to Rolling Stone	10.5.2013	TreeHugger
Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read
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Derek Shearer: Obama's Second Term: Dead Already or Strategic Awareness?	10.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
It's important for Obama to try to move the political debate in a more progressive direction. In this way, even when he can't pass legislation he can tee up issues for action in the Clinton administration that might follow.
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The Regional Centre for Climate Change and Decision-Making	9.5.2013	Environmental News Network
South America has got its first think-tank aimed at providing climate change knowledge to decision-makers to help them design tools tailored to local needs. The Regional Centre for Climate Change and Decision-Making was launched earlier this year (19 March) in Montevideo, Uruguay, where it will have its headquarters and where it is organising its first training event for policymakers. The centre is a joint initiative by the Panama-based Avina Foundation, which promotes sustainable development in Latin America, and UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
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Bill Hemmings: America Must Lead Global Fight Against Aviation Carbon Pollution	8.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
International aviation is on course for a rough landing in our warming world. Air travel is growing rapidly -- and so are aviation emissions, which are already responsible for 5 percent of the warming effect of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Gernot Wagner: Follow the Plastic Bag Example, Nudge Polluters to Pay	7.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
There is one policy that seems to bridge the gap between the type of non-intrusive nudges Sunstein champions and the type of policies he knows are ultimately necessary to do something about global warming. They're called bag taxes.
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Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Whiplash Weather, Clean Energy Tax Breaks, and More!	6.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
US Gets Weather Whiplash With Climate Change notes Andrew Freedman at Climate Central. Warming air and oceans mean more moisture in the air, and the...
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Bill Chameides: Climate Chatter ...in the House	4.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Some quotes from the April 25th Subcommittee on Environment hearing entitled "Policy Relevant Climate Issues in Context." I testified in front of the House Subcommittee...
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It's time for environmental groups to divest from fossil fuels	2.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
May 2, 2013 The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. At last count, there were active divestment campaigns on 305 campuses and in more than 100 U.S. cities and states. The demand has spread to Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Britain. And though officially launched just six months ago, the movement can already claim some provisional victories: four U.S. colleges have announced their intention to divest their endowments from fossil fuel stocks and bonds, and in late April ten U.S. cities made similar commitments, including San Francisco (Seattle came on board months ago). For a long time, forming partnerships with polluters was how the green groups proved they were serious. But the message to Big Green is clear: cut your ties with the fossils, or become one yourself. Divestment from fossil fuels is an idea whose time has come. A new study looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for ...
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Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free	2.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Naomi Klein Flowers bloom across the street from an oil refinery smoke stack in Port Arthur, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. At last count, there were active divestment campaigns on 305 campuses and in more than 100 US cities and states. The demand has spread to Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Britain. read ...
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Climate Change is Already Affecting the Amazon	1.5.2013	Environmental News Network
Tribal groups in Earth's largest rainforest are already being affected by shifts wrought by climate change, reports a paper published last week in the British journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. The paper, which is based on a collection of interviews conducted with indigenous leaders in the Brazilian Amazon, says that native populations are reporting shifts in precipitation patterns, humidity, river levels, temperature, and fire and agricultural cycles. These shifts, measured against celestial timing used by indigenous groups, are affecting traditional ways of life that date back thousands of years.
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Jake Schmidt: Five Reasons We Need a New Global Agreement on Climate Change by 2015	30.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Climate change is starting to wreak damages across the world, showing us vividly that our failure to act has consequences. This damage will only get worse if we fail to do even more to reduce climate pollution.
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EPA Makes Major Changes To Fracking Assessment	29.4.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production,...
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