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Syria and Climate Change: Does Global Warming Fuel Conflict?
2015-11-16 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPA: At the Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders was asked: You said you want to rid the planet of ISIS. In the previous debate you said the greatest threat to national security is climate change. Do you still believe that? Absolutely, Sen. Sanders replied. Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism and if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, youre going to see countries all over the world, this is what the CIA says,...
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Fossil fuel investments cost major funds billions
2015-11-16 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Corporate Knights, together with 350.org and South Pole Group, has launched the Clean Capitalist Decarbonizer, an interactive tool that allows users to determine the financial impact of divesting from carbon heavy companies. Using this first-of-its kind tool, Corporate Knights analysed the investments of 14 funds totaling $1 trillion in assets, including the Gates Foundation and ABP, and determined that the scale of losses over the past three years exceeded US$22 billion. The analysis covered recent...
G20 must end fossil fuel subsidies say C20
2015-11-16 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: G20 leaders meeting in Turkey this week must tell the world how they plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 or risk being seen as dragging its feet, a high-level sustainability forum declared today. The G20 promised to phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely in 2009. But G20 governments still pump US$452bn annually into exploration for and production of fossil fuels, according to a report from the Overseas Development Institute released last week. The C20 Sustainability Working Group...
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Science museums cutting financial ties to fossil fuel industry
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A handful of science and natural history museums across the globe announced in recent weeks they are cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry, limiting their sponsorship and donations and culling oil and gas stocks from their investment portfolios. The Field Museum in Chicagoone of the largest natural history museums in the worldquietly announced Friday it has divested its financial portfolio from fossil fuels. The Australian Academy of Sciences said it finished divesting in late October. The...
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Blue Bird to begin production of CNG-fueled Type C Vision school bus in 2016; ROUSH fuel system
2015-11-16 10:55:35| Green Car Congress
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