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Massive wind project aims to save the sage grouse
2015-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: The road to what will be the nation's most powerful wind farm is so muddy, it causes a Ford F-250 heavy-duty pickup to slide helplessly. Garry Miller, a vice president with Power Company of Wyoming LLC, has made this drive south to the Overland Trail Ranch many times. On a recent afternoon, he stepped out onto the soggy road near Miller Hill, which rises hundreds of feet above the sagebrush and greasewood on the valley floor. "This is it. This is where the turbines will go," Miller said, gesturing...
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Rich nations study details massive insurance program ease 3rd World climate change damages
2015-06-10 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Countries already bearing the brunt of extreme weather events are cautiously optimistic about a new insurance scheme designed by the world's wealthiest nations to protect about 400 million people in the world's most vulnerable communities. Official details about the disaster-risk reduction program, announced as part of the Group of Seven (G-7) decisions this week, remain sparse. But a top Munich Re official involved with the plan told ClimateWire that Germany has kicked in with an initial 150 million...
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Record boost in new solar power continues massive industry growth
2015-06-09 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A record amount of solar power was added to the worlds grids in 2014, pushing total cumulative capacity to 100 times the level it was in 2000. Around 40GW of solar power was installed last year, meaning there is now a total of 178GW to meet world electricity demand, prompting renewable energy associations to claim that a tipping point has been reached that will allow rapid acceleration of the technology. For the first time ever in Europe, renewables produced more power than nuclear and...
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Norway's plan to divest massive $900B fund from coal could hit US companies
2015-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Directors of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, an investment pool worth more than $900 billion, will sell many of its coal industry holdings, officials said last week. Norway's Parliament voted Friday to ratify the decision, made a week before by the body's finance committee. Parliament ordered the fund to sell stakes in mining and power companies that directly, or indirectly, base 30 percent or more of their revenue or their regular activities on coal. The new screening method will go into...
India to see massive Sugar output in 2014-15 season
2015-06-09 06:48:44| Sugar Industry News
Sugarcane crushing operations across the country are about come to an end. Only 19 sugar mills are crushing at present. As compared to about 240.49 lakh tons of sugar produced between 1st October 2013 and 31st May, 2014, in the last 2013-14 sugar season, the Indian sugar industry has produced a record 279.57 lakh tons of sugar in the current 2014-15 sugar season between 1st October 2014 and 31st May 2015, according to a data by Indian Sugar Mills Association(ISMA).
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