Tag: climate change
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Philippines Negotiator Ties Massive Typhoon to Global Warming and Pledges Hunger Strike at Warsaw Climate Talks
By Jamie Henn Diplomats, negotiators and civil society representatives from around the world held their breath this afternoon at the United Nations Climate Talks in Warsaw, Poland, this afternoon as Yeb Sano, the lead negotiator for the Philippines, began to address the opening of the conference. More than 10,000 people are feared dead…
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Watershed Moment Needed at Global Climate Talks
By Rhone Resch Next week’s global climate talks in Warsaw, Poland need to be guided by a new sense of urgency. After more than 20 years of talking about climate change, it’s time for the nations of the world to start putting a meaningful plan in place to fight it. [caption id="attachment_311549" align="alignnone" width="500"] This is a…
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Healthy Rivers Build Greater Resilience to Climate Change
Climate change is bringing more extreme floods and droughts, and large dams can compound the impacts of both. Dam failures, levees that cut off rivers from their floodplains and hydropower projects that lay idle in times of drought reduce the ability of societies to cope with the impacts of a changing climate. The new report, Civil…
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New Music Video Raises Awareness on Climate Change
Five prominent environmental groups have joined together with Canadian musician Gaiaisi to release a music video and raise awareness on one of the most critical issues facing the human race—climate change. With extreme weather events becoming the new normal, global temperatures reaching record highs and a continued streak of climate science denial, the music video is an effort to break…
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Election Results Signal Growing Concern for the Environment
Yesterday’s election results are shaping up to be a mixed bag of victories and defeats for environmentalists and concerned citizens across the country. In the Virginia gubernatorial race, Democrat Terry McAuliffe defeated Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Tea Party favorite. McAuliffe’s victory comes after he became the first statewide candidate in the nation to hold his opponent accountable…