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Imminent peak oil could burst US, global economic bubble - study
2013-11-19 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new multi-disciplinary study led by the University of Maryland calls for immediate action by government, private and commercial sectors to reduce vulnerability to the imminent threat of global peak oil, which could put the entire US economy and other major industrial economies at risk. The peer-reviewed study contradicts the recent claims within the oil industry that peak oil has been indefinitely offset by shale gas and other unconventional oil and gas resources. A report by the World Energy...
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Global panel seeks economic solutions to climate change
2013-10-11 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Energy efficiency has more potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions than any other single current option, the World Bank's former chief economist Lord Nicholas Stern said Friday in co-launching a global panel to find cost-effective solutions to climate change. Boosting efficiency could provide 30% to 40% of needed carbon reductions while also lowering energy bills for businesses, governments and homes, Stern told reporters. He said there's also plenty of new energy technologies, including...
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Global study makes economic case on climate change
2013-09-24 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A new global initiative wants to present a more persuasive argument for action on climate change by focusing on the economic benefits of doing so. The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate is launching a year-long study to analyze the economic costs and benefits of acting against climate change. The results of the study, which will be undertaken by research institutes on five continents, will be released in September 2014 -- before a climate change conference that U.N. Secretary General...
Stock Futures Gain on War Delay, Global Economic Data; Constellation...
2013-09-03 15:16:11| Beverages - Topix.net
U.S. stocks are set for a higher open as airstrikes against Syria look to be postponed and data suggested a strengthening global economy.
Today's Brent price soars on positive global economic outlook
2013-08-23 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Brent crude increased today, driven by optimistic business surveys that indicated the global economy is recovering, sparking hopes for greater fuel demand.
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