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UNs chief environment scientist: UK appears abandoned its leadership on climate change
2015-10-19 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The UN`s chief environment scientist Prof Jacquie McGlade, has criticised UK cuts in subsidies for renewable energy. This follows the government`s decision after election to cut support for renewables and give tax breaks to oil and gas companies. She told BBC News: "What I`m seeing worldwide is a move very much towards investment in renewable energy. To counterbalance that you see the withdrawal of subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuels. "What`s disappointing is when we see countries such...
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Readers Write (Oct. 19): Business environment, presidential debates,...
2015-10-19 06:59:54| Chemicals - Topix.net
This year, Ecolab, a Fortune 500 company, bought the Travelers Companies' 17-story tower in downtown St. Paul. Travelers, also on the Fortune list, remains in the city, with its staff in a nearby building.
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Stop eating beef to protect your environment: Experts
2015-10-10 23:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DNA: Beef eating has impassioned the nation, with politicians of all hues duelling like bulls in rage. Religious taboos are one aspect, but there is also a very strong environmental angle for not eating beef. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has dubbed beef as a 'climate-harmful meat'. It is very energy intensive to produce every gram of beef, on an average every hamburger results in 3 kg of carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Today, saving the planet is really about ensuring sustainable...
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New Princeton building focuses on energy and environment
2015-10-08 18:18:00| American School & University
129,000-square-foot facility is the new home for the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment read more
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Trans-Pacific Partnership bad for the environment, green groups say
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: "It means governments won't be bold and ambitious as they should be." The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens to undermine environment protection and could limit governments' ability to ramp up necessary action on climate change, green groups say. The TPP, as the deal involving 12 signatories including Australia is known, singles out illegal trade in wildlife, logging and fisheries as among areas its members will work on. "The 12 Parties agree to effectively enforce their environmental laws;...
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