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Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget update.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — The B.C. NDP today announced its Clean Growth and Climate Action plan.

VANCOUVER — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government's Budget 2017 — September Update: «The B.C. government committed to decisive action to address climate change, and has begun delivering just that with today's budget update.

Pigs continued to fly in Alberta politics today as energy industry leaders and environmental groups joined Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips at a press conference to release Alberta's much anticipated plan to take action against Climate Change.

VANCOUVER — While Christy Clark's government will let carbon pollution escalate for the next ten years, B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan released today a climate action plan that will cut carbon pollution, create good jobs, and double the number of...

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

We were thrilled today to attend the Climate Action Plan press conference on Chicago's Museum Campus.

«Building on our climate action forum, the initiatives announced today will reduce greenhouse emissions and strengthen state environmental commitments.»

The United States Climate Alliance today announced the launch of a new website to inform Americans on state actions to address climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 Climate Alliance today announced the launch of a new website to inform Americans on state actions to address climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 Summit.

«New York State has set visionary climate and clean energy goals — what was missing until today was the requirement to turn those goals for the electricity sector into action,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of the Environmental Advocates of new York.

Kingsnorth Climate Action and Dartford Liberal Democrat campaigner James Willis called the decision «a local victory for people power which has today forced a multinational power company to shelve plans to bring on stream this huge old fashion Coal Dinosaur.»

Today in between accusing Cameron of speaking «total nonsense» and of appointing «climate change deniers», the Labour leader briefly took the time to agree with Cameron's support for taking action on climate change.

Mr. Peralta, whose victory in 2010 made him the first Dominican - American to be elected to the State Senate, said in a statement released by the conference on Wednesday that «today's political climate demands that progressive legislators take bold action to deliver for their constituents,» adding that he wanted results on issues like affordable housing, homelessness and school funding.

Today, on the second Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Howie Hawkins and the Green Party released the following plans for climate action:

The Green Party of New York State joined today with other environmental, social and economic justice activists to demand action on climate change by government at all levels.

A bipartisan energy policy group called today for action on climate legislation and laid out principles for such a measure, including views that collide with the leading House climate and energy measure.

Few operate at commercial scales today, and some researchers fear they offer policymakers a dangerous excuse to drag their feet on climate action in the hopes that future inventions will clean up the mess.

Even though the Obama administration has pledged to address climate change, Salazar said today that such action should not come through the Endangered Species Act — the same position taken by the Bush administration.

With the U.S. Congress set to take up climate change legislation next week, Obama Administration officials today joined with leading climate scientists to emphasize that global warming is real, it's going to get worse, and that action is needed sooner rather than later.

But the longer we delay climate action, the more stranded capacity we'll have,» says IIASA researcher Nils Johnson, who led the new study, published today in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In two companion papers, published today in Climatic Change, the researchers investigated the mathematics of uncertainty in the climate system and showed that increased scientific uncertainty necessitates even greater action to mitigate climate change.

Decisions made today are made in the context of confident projections of future warming with continued emissions, but clearly there is more to do to better characterize the human and economic consequences of delaying action on climate change and how to frame these issues in the context of other concerns.

Frustrated with a lack of international action to address climate change and shrink nuclear arsenals, they decided today (Jan. 22) to push the minute hand of their iconic «Doomsday Clock» to 11:57 p.m.

«Changing climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.»

«It's not just an action film; it addresses the climate today of Africans and African - Americans — across the country and across the world — in a way that people will really be excited about,» he added.

Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the Lima - Paris Action Agenda Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of farmer and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

March 3: Take Action: Advancing Justice and Equity in Today's Climate Activists, policymakers, scholars, and researchers will join forces to discuss systems of activism and how to motivate and create lasting change in education.

This won't be an easy omelet to unscramble, especially in today's hyper - racialized climate of mistrust and even violence, but there's no part of federal education policy in greater need of redirection — and none that is more subject to unilateral action by the executive branch.

An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed by 195 nations in Paris today.

A report released today by the UNFCCC secretariat, assessing the collective impact of over 140 national climate action plans, indicates that together they can dramatically slow global emissions into the atmosphere.

195 Nations Set Path to Keep Temperature Rise Well Below 2 Degrees Celsius An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed by 195 nations in Paris today.

Focus on early warning - early action systems, insurance, and increasing investment in bid to accelerate climate resilience efforts A new initiative to build climate resilience in the world's most vulnerable countries was launched today by UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate Confclimate resilience efforts A new initiative to build climate resilience in the world's most vulnerable countries was launched today by UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate Confclimate resilience in the world's most vulnerable countries was launched today by UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate ConfClimate Conference.

July 21, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, released the following statements on proposed actions for improving school climate released today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education.

«The actions we take today on climate change will help lessen the impacts on future generations,» said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

In «The gap between ambition and action in tackling global warming,» a commentary published today in The Guardian, Sabine Fuss and Jan Minx of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change provide vital guidance to the climate panel leadership and the countries that created this pioneering scientific body in 1988 (hopefully to provide clear - eyed insights, no matter how inconveClimate Change provide vital guidance to the climate panel leadership and the countries that created this pioneering scientific body in 1988 (hopefully to provide clear - eyed insights, no matter how inconveclimate panel leadership and the countries that created this pioneering scientific body in 1988 (hopefully to provide clear - eyed insights, no matter how inconvenient).

Scientists holding this view say the world should move assertively to curtail emissions of heat - trapping smokestack and tailpipe gases, but mainly to limit the worst outcomes decades down the road — not so much because such actions could reduce today's climate - related risks.

Sometimes, the near term damage reduction potential from climate action is heavily oversold, when it should be clear that this is a long term issue with virtually all the pay - off of any action today and over the next two decades to be found later this century.

Earlier today I posted an essay by Robert Socolow, a seasoned energy and climate analyst at Princeton University, in which he proposes a new approach to overcoming resistance to actions that could limit emissions of greenhouse gases even as humanity's energy appetite grows in coming decades.

How much do the emissions of carbon dioxide from a century of industrialization count toward an obligation by today's industrial powers to take the lead in climate action?

Senator James M. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican and the dean of congressional naysayers on the need for action on climate and energy, appeared to come up empty - handed today.

Refute the risk assessment that: given temps are rising, given they will continue to rise for 1k + years even if we had zero emissions starting today, given the risks of rapid climate change and long - term temp rises are real and threaten our ability to function as a society, etc., we should act to mitigate these threats, particularly since the actions to be taken will lead to a healthier existence for humanity even if AGW / ACC turns out to be wrong.

In a statement released today, Nasheed explained his action, which is an advance «work party» ahead of a big international day of climate action Sunday:

Others insist that actions can be taken today — such as greatly increasing the efficiency with which we use energy — that will cut the risks of climate change while offering society other benefits.

Just as the concept of «differentiation» — the notion that some countries should contribute more money and climate action than others — was enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) over 20 years ago and still haunts some countries today, there's an anxiety now that codifying REDD + in a similar manner will lead to similar implications far down thclimate action than others — was enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) over 20 years ago and still haunts some countries today, there's an anxiety now that codifying REDD + in a similar manner will lead to similar implications far down thClimate Change (UNFCCC) over 20 years ago and still haunts some countries today, there's an anxiety now that codifying REDD + in a similar manner will lead to similar implications far down the road.

Even as Senate Republicans blocked Democrats» attempt to move forward with global warming legislation today, other approaches to federal climate action have already begun to percolate.

Also, it is vitally important to make the following distinction: The notion that the climate may take a couple decades to reflect our actions today is NOT at all the same, of course, as concluding that each month and year, NOW, don't matter.

From the Wall Street Journal A new poll out today on Americansâ $ ™ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those that favor aggressive action to curb U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases.

Today, the President will be giving a speech at Georgetown University on climate change issues, with announcements of initiatives that will be taken leveraging the powers of the Administrative Branch because the Congress is unable (and, to a large extent, unwilling) to take meaningful action to address climate change: whether mitigation or adaptation.