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Tar sands exploitation would be game over climate, warns leading scientist	19.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Prof James Hansen rebukes oil firms and Canadian government over stance on exploiting fossil fuel, which he says would make climate problem unsolvable Major international oil companies are "buying off" governments, according to the world's most prominent climate scientist, Prof James Hansen. In a visit to London, he accused the Canadian government of acting as their tar sands' salesman and "holding a club" over the UK and European nations to accept their "dirty" oil. "Oil from tar sands makes sense only for a small number of people who are making a lot of money from that product," he said in an interview with the Guardian. "It doesn't make sense for the rest of the people on the planet. We are getting close to the dangerous level of carbon in the atmosphere and if we add on to that unconventional fossil fuels, which have a tremendous amount of carbon, then the climate problem becomes unsolvable." Hansen met ministers in the UK government, which the Guardian previously revealed has ...
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Barack Obama must act like a true leader \| Observer editorial	19.5.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
It is always hard for an American president in the second term, but both his country and the world need Obama to show strength and courage and put scandal behind him It is a simple fact of American politics that power starts to fade away from a second-term president almost from the moment they are sworn in. Theoretically freed from the chains of having ever to seek re-election, they soon find that America's all too self-interested professional politicians are suddenly aware that the current occupant of the Oval Office will not be around in four years. The ability to cajole and bully Congress – and even members of their own party – and get them to pass laws – starts to evaporate. Add to that the propensity of second terms to see presidency-defining scandal – think Monica Lewinsky, think Iran-Contra – and it is no wonder that many re-elected presidents seem simply to be waiting around for the term "lame duck" to be applied. But even by the super-charged standards of the modern news cycle, ...
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China says it will not accept EU measures on emissions (Cached)	18.5.2013	TOI: All Headlines
China says it will not accept EU measures on emissions
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Wonâ€™t accept EU measures on emissions: China (Cached)	18.5.2013	Zee News : World
China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS).
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Fish workers to intensify protest	18.5.2013	newindianexpress.com

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Fish Workers to intensify protest	18.5.2013	newindianexpress.com

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UN promotes first in series of virtual Google+ Hangouts (Cached)	18.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New York, May 18 : The United Nations special envoy on youth went online Friday to encourage young people to join the UN's work, and detailed some of the initiatives he will undertake to work with and for youth.
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UK's climate change adaptation team cut from 38 officials to just six	17.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Former senior official John Ashton attacks government for 'spooking potential investors' in energy infrastructure The number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's response to the effects of climate change has been cut from 38 officials to just six, triggering accusations that David Cameron's promise to be the greenest government has been abandoned. The UK is facing a multi-billion pound bill over the next few years for the costs of adapting to the effects of climate change – including flooding , much fiercer storms, droughts, heatwaves and more extreme weather. The government's advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, have warned that the measures needed to prepare the UK's infrastructure will include defences for power stations, transport and communication networks, changes to how buildings are constructed, and new ways of trying to prevent flooding, such as an upgrade to the Thames Barrier. But the number of officials charged with dealing with the issue within the ...
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Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb \| Nafeez Ahmed	17.5.2013	Guardian: Science
US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone else 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. The release of the strategy came about a week after the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President at the White House Complex hosted a briefing with international Arctic scientists . Despite giving lip service to the values of environmental conservation, the new document focuses on how the US can manage the exploitation of the region's vast untapped oil, gas and mineral resources in cooperation with other Arctic powers. US hinges success of Arctic strategy on diminishing sea ice At the heart of the White House's new Arctic strategy is an elementary but devastating contradiction between what President Obama, in the document's preamble, describes as seeking "to ...
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Artist finds inspiration in Canadian government's attempt to silence her	17.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Visual essays by Franke James reveal how the 'troublesome artist' was targeted because her views on climate change clashed with the push to develop Alberta's tar sands Canada, under the government of Stephen Harper, has exhibited little patience for dissent. The government has muzzled government scientists , insulted Nasa climate experts , and dismissed environmental protesters as dangerous radicals . But there is apparently one woman whom the government can't shut up: the Toronto environmental writer, illustrator and activist Franke James , who turned the efforts to silence her into material for a new book. Banned on the Hill: A True Story about Dirty Oil and Government Censorship , released this week, shows how Canadian bureaucrats tried to silence James because her views on climate change clashed with the Harper government's push to develop Alberta's tar sands. The story is told through visual essays as well as official emails obtained by James, in which government bureaucrats ...
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Climate refugees? Where's the dignity in that?	17.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
We need a new narrative in which we frame migration as a way for people to adapt to climate change This week the Guardian has been running a major series on "climate refugees" about the village of Newtok in Alaska, which faces an imminent threat to its existence from erosion. The term is problematic for a number of reasons. The first being that people who are facing movement do not like the term. The word "refugee" brings to mind a number of (not always accurate) images: tented camps, long lines of people walking, dangerous boat crossings. People facing the prospect moving hope that they will have some choice in the timing and circumstances of their movement and that when they arrive they will find work and become active members of their new communities. Their hope is that they will move with dignity. President Anote Tong of Kiribati, an island nation in the Pacific, told Australia's ABC Radio that the people of Kiribati do not want to leave as refugees but as skilled migrants . ...
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UN: Experts weigh strategies to halt climate change (Cached)	17.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New York, May 17 : With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered on Thursday at United Nations Headquarters to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining economic growth.
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Australia's 'unpopular' carbon price isn't to blame for Labor's poor polling \| Alexander White	17.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Claims that Julia Gillard's unpopularity were linked to her introduction of carbon pricing in 2012 don't stack up Since the disappointment of Copenhagen in 2009 , Australia has witnessed a concerted scare campaign against action on global warming. The scare campaign has been led by senior commentators in (Murdoch owned) News Limited papers, by conservative radio shock-jocks on the airwaves, and in parliament by extremist opposition party leader Tony Abbott. From the moment Australia's carbon pricing legislation package, the Clean Energy Future Act, was announced Tony Abbott has barnstormed from one end of Australia to another, declaring a "blood oath" that repealing the carbon price would be his first priority if elected: "I am giving you the most definite commitment any politician can give that this tax will go. This is a pledge in blood." Behind this incendiary phrase is Abbott's own climate change policy, a mishmash of ineffective handouts to industry to "clean up" polluting power ...
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Sharing the burden of going green	17.5.2013	Hindu: Op-Ed
The Centre must make richer, more developed States take up the responsibility for switching to renewable energy and reducing the country’s dependence on coal
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It's official! Humans caused global warming	16.5.2013	Latest News
A comprehensive analysis of 4,000 studies on climate change published over last 21 years has revealed an overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that humans are to blame for global warming, researchers claim. The study is the most ...
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China gains observer status on the Arctic Council	16.5.2013	New Scientist: Being Human
China gains observer status on the Arctic Council
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It`s official! Humans caused global warming (Cached)	16.5.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
Over 2000 papers were rated and among those that discussed the cause of recent global warming, 97 per cent endorsed the consensus that it is caused by humans.
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India welcomes grant of observer status in Arctic Council (Cached)	16.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 15 : India today welcomed the decision of the Arctic Council to grant it observer status, an objective for which it has been making strenous efforts.
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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak	16.5.2013	Deccan Chronicle: Lifestyle
Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region. The scientists have also been studying temperature and precipitation trends in the area and found that the Everest region has been warming while snowfall has been declining
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UT Admn calls upon industry to make Chandigarh 'model solar city'' (Cached)	16.5.2013	Indian Express: Chandigarh
The UT Adviser KK Sharma, called on the industry to come forward and join hands with the Administration to make Chandigarh a model solar city, by creating innovative, economical and safe solar systems.
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