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Summer of Science - Plastic Poses a Growing Threat to Seabirds, Study Says - NYTimes.com


... debris called calcareous ooze (light blue). Scientists hope that the map of seafloor components, like remnants of once living sea creatures, will help them to better understand how climate change affects the ocean. JOANNA KLEIN We were struck by the massive response to our post on how it's possible for individuals to have the same B.M.I. but very different bodies. Readers told us ...

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Climate change brings cyclone risk to Persian Gulf: study - Yahoo News
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... BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Climate change is bringing small risks that tropical cyclones will form in the Persian Gulf for the first time, in a threat to cities such as Dubai or Doha which are unprepared for big storm surges, a U.S. study said on Monday. Tampa in Florida and Cairns in Australia, two places where cyclones already happen, would be increasingly vulnerable to extreme storms this ...

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U.N. climate talks begin divided, but with hope for Paris accord - Yahoo News
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... BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Chances that governments will work out a U.N. accord to combat climate change in December seem brighter than in the run-up to a failed attempt in 2009, experts said as delegates from almost 200 nations met on Monday, hoping to bridge deep divisions. Memories of a U.N. summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, when world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama ...

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Obama changing name of Alaskas Mount McKinley to Denali - Yahoo News
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... the beginning of a three-day presidential trip to Alaska, is a sign of how hard the White House will push during Obama's remaining 16 months as president to ensure his fight to address climate change is part of his legacy. Renaming the mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), makes headlines for his climate quest while also creating goodwill in a state that has ...

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Indonesia looks to increase emissions cut pledge ahead of Paris meet - Yahoo News
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... forests, and the biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia will have a key role at the United Nation's Paris climate conference late this year, which is designed to reach a plan to reduce global warming. "We intend to increase the contribution and we will do so," Rachmat Witoelar, President Joko Widodo's special envoy for climate change, told Reuters. "But we have to figure out the timeline." ...

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U.S. presidential hopeful Sanders gains ground on Clinton in Iowa poll - Yahoo News
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... because of convenience. Sanders has staked out a liberal platform in his campaign, touching topics that include minimum wages, economic inequality, campaign finance reform and climate change. His campaign website, however, omits the issues of national security and foreign policy. On Sunday, he faced questions about his votes against U.S. use of military force in Iraq and in Syria, as ...

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Obama changing name of Alaskas Mount McKinley to Denali - Yahoo News
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... the beginning of a three-day presidential trip to Alaska, is a sign of how hard the White House will push during Obama's remaining 16 months as president to ensure his fight to address climate change is part of his legacy. Renaming the mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), makes headlines for his climate quest while also creating goodwill in a state that has ...

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Party leaders in Scotland make climate change pledge - BBC News

... Image caption The party leaders have promised their manifestos will be consistent with Scotland's Climate Change Act The leaders of Scotland's five main political parties have promised to set out plans on how they will tackle climate change and reduce emissions. An agreement was brokered by WWF Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election next year. The organisation said the leaders had committed ...

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The ice curtain that divides US families from Russian cousins - BBC News

... certain that this relaxed atmosphere will continue. The Diomede islands lie just below the Arctic Circle, where vast quantities of natural resources are becoming accessible thanks to climate change and the melting of the ice. According to US geological surveys, the Arctic accounts for 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and 30% of its natural gas. The much shorter northern shipping routes ...

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Global warming carving changes into Alaska in fire and ice - Yahoo News
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... Obama leaves Monday for a three-day visit to the 49th state in which he will speak at a State Department climate change conference and become the first president to visit the Alaska Arctic. There, and in the sub-Arctic part of the state, he will see the damage caused by warming damage that has been evident to scientists for years. More than 3.5 trillion tons of water have melted off of Alaska's ...

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In Alaska, Obama to walk fine line on climate change, energy - Yahoo News
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... Glacier Bay National Park. With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week to press for urgent global action to combat climate change, even as he carefully calibrates his message in a state heavily dependent on oil. (AP Photo/Kathy Matheson) WASHINGTON (AP) With melting glaciers and rising seas as his backdrop, President Barack ...

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Obama heads north to Alaska, where drilling decision looms large - Yahoo News
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... Alaska aimed at drawing attention to powerful images of melting glaciers and eroding coastlines as a "wakeup call" to Americans in the Lower 48 states about the urgent need to address climate change. The trip is part of a broad campaign to seal an international deal later this year to curb carbon emissions, something the White House hopes will cap Obama's legacy on climate during his time in ...

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Anguish of disappearance continues across the world, say campaigners - Yahoo News
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... (Editing by Ros Russell; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, corruption and climate change. Visit www.trust.org) ...

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Bill Maher Calls Out Rick Santorum On Climate Change

... FR (Greece) GR India IN Italia IT " (Japan) JP " (Korea) KR Maghreb MG Quebec QC United Kingdom UK United States US Voces VS Huffpost Search Bill Maher Calls Out Rick Santorum On Climate Change Heated debate. Lily Karlin Associate Entertainment Writer, The Huffington Post Posted: 08/29/2015 04:45 PM EDT Bill Maher thinks all politicians should prioritize climate change. In an interview ...

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What 4 Top Catholic Archbishops Expect From The Pope's Visit

... that just because something is on the pope's schedule does not mean it will happen as scripted. Nonetheless, Auza expects the pope's U.N. address to touch on sustainable development, climate change and peace. The pope also "won't shy away from" talking about issues on which his stance differs from that of many U.N. member nations, Auza added. As the head of the Vatican state, Francis is ...

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Forget goals, get back to nature to save planet, says Indian conservationist - Yahoo News
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... by Magdalena Mis, editing by Ros Russell; Please credit Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, corruption and climate change. Visit www.trust.org) ...

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New plan seeks to protect Scotland's peatlands - BBC News

... an estimated 3,000 megatonnes of carbon as well as providing a habitat for a range of wild animals and plants. "Cinderella habitat" Dr Aileen McLeod, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, welcomed the release of the plan. She said: "Scotland is a peat-rich nation, and our peatlands are now recognised globally for their outstanding biodiversity and carbon storage. " ...

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Hurricane Katrina: George Bush in New Orleans 10 years on - BBC News

... since become a model for the rest of the nation "in disaster response and resilience", stressing the importance of other cities investing in storm preparation for disasters caused by global warming.. Despite massive destruction, the city has risen anew out of the storm. New Orleans' rebirth has been bolstered by billions of federal dollars, largely spurred by Mr Obama. The city has ...

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'Inappropriate insulation causing damp in social housing' - BBC News

... Image caption Arfon MP Hywel Williams said he has heard of many cases Plaid Cymru MP for Arfon, Hywel Williams, said he has raised the issue with the Department of Energy and Climate Change in Westminster following complaints from his constituents. "This stuff has been put into houses where the outside rendering is cracked, so once water gets in the insulation acts as a bridge letting ...

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As the need for power surges, are small - or big - dams the answer? | Reuters
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... he said. (Reporting by Stella Paul; editing by Laurie Goering :; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, women's rights, trafficking and corruption. Visit www.trust.org/climate) ...

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UK proposes end to small-scale renewable support next year - Yahoo News
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... for small-scale solar projects, change the way renewable projects qualify for payments and modify subsidies for biomass plants. Figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show the cost of renewables subsidies could reach 9.1 billion pounds ($14 billion) a year by the 2020/21 tax year compared with a proposed budget of 7.6 billion. The so-called Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) ...

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Low-lying Louisiana parish regroups behind reinforced levee system - Yahoo News
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... Lopez, coastal sustainability coordinator for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. Large swathes of the area's marshes have eroded as storms and a rising sea level brought on by climate change pushed salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico farther inland, killing marsh vegetation that acted as a buffer to surging seas. Lopez said it is not feasible to build levees around the tiny fishing ...

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Subsidies for small scale solar face steep cuts - BBC News
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... schemes was set to be higher than expected. Having already announced plans to limit cash paid to on-shore wind generation and large-scale solar farms, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is now proposing significant cutbacks for small-sized green energy producers. Solar and wind energy installations of less than 5MW are supported by feed-in tariffs - schemes that pay ...

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Obama: New Orleans is 'moving forward' decade after storm - BBC News

... this is a city that slowly, unmistakably, together, is moving forward." Mr Obama will stress the importance of cities investing in storm preparation for disasters brought on by global warming, said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Despite massive destruction, the city has risen anew out of the storm. New Orleans' rebirth has been bolstered by billions of federal dollars, ...

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Scientists squabble while Africas only penguins perish - Yahoo News
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... shift in anchovies and sardines away from the hub of colonies along South Africa's Atlantic coast. Scientists are unsure why the fish have moved, considering as possible causes climate change, overfishing or natural fluctuations. Now, penguins must swim farther to catch fish, leaving adults weakened. Many have died or abandoned their chicks, with hundreds winding up in the crowded, ...

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E.ON targets United States in solar push - Yahoo Finance
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... E.ON (EONGn.DE) aims to aggressively expand its solar business and is banking on the United States where President Barack Obama has pledged to promote renewables in a bid to fight climate change. E.ON, which has spent about 10 billion euros ($11.50 billion) on renewable since 2007, has a pipeline of around one gigawatt (GW) of solar in the United States, Michael Lewis, chief operating ...

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Global insecurity and refugee crisis linked to climate change - expert | Reuters
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... TORONTO, Aug 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change is "adding fuel to the fire" of worsening political instability and unrest around the world, an expert told a security forum. "We are experiencing a surprising uptick in global insecurity... partially due to our inability to manage climate stress," Columbia University professor Marc Levy, who conducts studies for U.S. government ...

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'Eastside Sol' Kicks Off Community Solar Campaign in Los Angeles (VIDEO) | Jorge Madrid
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... underlying this celebration, which expose a critical need for increased access to solar power and other clean energy resources in Boyle Heights and similar L.A. communities. Climate change is already impacting the Los Angeles area with higher than normal temperatures, and bringing higher energy demand along with it. The city broke its all-time record for energy demand last year on a ...

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Interview With UN Climate Change Report Author: "Avarice Has Overcome Fear" | Aiko Stevenson

... philosophy at Oxford University in 'Climate Matters.' Temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as the global average. That's because the Arctic is far more sensitive to climate change than the rest of the world. When sunlight falls on snow and ice, it is reflected back into space. But, when it falls on water, that energy is absorbed. Since the 1970's, a third of the Arctic's ...

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Climate Change This Week: Wind Winds Up, Extinctions Explode, and More! | Mary Ellen Harte

... To Restore Peatlands - by clearing plantations, a notable step for Asia Pulp & Paper. Peatland forests are one of the best forms of carbon storage; their destruction there fuels climate change and major haze over Asia. Forests: the cheapest way to store carbon * * @@ We Are the Asteroid - extinction is forever, and we're in the midst of a giant extinction event right now. Check ...

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China, US to talk "clean coal" as industry struggles - Yahoo News
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... going bankrupt. Proposals to hike coal royalties and lease payments. And cheap natural gas squeezing out demand for coal. Those woes are in addition to concerns over coal's role in climate change. Clean-coal technologies purport to capture the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. But they're expensive, and efforts to develop them for commercial use have foundered in the U.S. ...

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Hunger hits 1.5 million in Zimbabwe as maize production halves: WFP - Yahoo News
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BBC World Service - Outside Source, Carbon credit scheme questioned

... Stockholm's Environment Institute says that a UN scheme designed to tackle climate change through the trading of carbon credits may have increased carbon emissions by 600 million tonnes. The BBC's environment correspondent Matt McGrath has been investigating. ( Picture: A heavy traffic jam is seen on the road at night in Beijing, China. Credit: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ...

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Barack Obama accuses pro-fossil fuel businesses of sabotaging solar energy - Telegraph

... and trying to protect old ways of doing business and standing in the way of the future.” The strongly worded attack comes as President Obama is working to promote his climate change strategy – the most ambitious in American history, which he hopes will be a defining part of his legacy. Whilst at the same time promoting renewable fuels, the plan tries to impose ...

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Obama calls out fossil fuel interests for fighting solar - Yahoo Finance
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... isn't just for the green crowd any more, it's for the green-eyeshade crowd too." The president compared those who say that shifting to cleaner energy will cripple the economy with climate change deniers who hold up snowballs in February to argue that "somehow disproves decades of scientific data." Fossil fuel and utility interests have been working at the state level and elsewhere to ...

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