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United Kingdom: Prince of Waless Corporate Leaders Group call for an end to fossil fuel subsidies
2015-09-28 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Prince of Waless Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) has announced its support for the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Communiqué, calling for reform, and ultimately, elimination, of fossil fuel subsidies. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that fossil fuel subsidies amounted to US$510 billion in 2014. This is based on the gap between what consumers pay and the actual cost of supply, but doesn`t consider the environmental and health costs. It is six times more than that allocated...
Industry Leaders to Demonstrate 400G Ecosystem at ECOC 2015
2015-09-28 08:55:02| Telecom - Topix.net
Research and development groups across the globe are striving to achieve higher and higher optical data transmission rates. High bandwidth signal generation and analysis tools are essential to development of the new technologies, components, and higher-order modulation formats being investigated to support the insatiable global demand for bandwidth.
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Pop stars, world leaders rally end poverty
2015-09-26 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NGR Guardian: Some of the biggest names in music and politics from Beyonce to European prime ministers rallied Saturday in a concert aimed at mobilizing action to eradicate extreme poverty. Before thousands of people in New York`s Central Park and a far greater audience on television, the Global Citizen Festival sought to use entertainment to broaden support for new United Nations development goals. Beyonce, playing just her second concert this year, was the top attraction for many fans who obtained tickets...
Pope beseeches world leaders to protect the environment
2015-09-25 20:59:18| Telecom - Topix.net
NEW YORK>> Pope Francis declared Friday that the environment itself has rights and that mankind has no authority to abuse them, telling world leaders at the United Nations that they must take urgent action to halt the Earth's destruction from the "selfish and boundless thirst" for money. Hoping to spur concrete commitments at upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris, Francis took the stage in front of more than 100 global dignitaries to accuse the world's wealthy countries of ravaging the planet and impoverishing the weak and disadvantaged in the process.
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City Leaders and bike share executives celebrate major Portland bicycle milestones
2015-09-25 20:12:14| PortlandOnline
Bike share program unanimously passes City Council; Recent U.S. Census data show dramatic increase in Portland bike commuting rates; New Portland bike count report shows record number of women bicycling, 20,000 peak summer bike trips across the Willamette
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