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Australia: Environmental activist campaigns against fossil fuel industry
2013-05-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: TONY JONES, PRESENTER: On the eve of his Australian tour, the renowned US environmentalist Bill McKibben is urging Australians to do the math. That's the catchphrase of his US roadshow and media campaign highlighting what he describes as the terrifying consequences of CO2 emissions. Mr McKibben puts a figure on how much more CO2 can go into the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change. It's one-fifth of the remaining fossil fuel reserves in the world. But how can Australians do the math when...
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Indonesia and environmental sustainability: Walking the talk?
2013-05-25 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: At a national workshop on Indonesias moratorium hosted by the United Nations earlier this month, noted Indonesian ecologist Sonya Dewi likened the moratorium to a durian. She spoke of its polarizing effect. People either love it or hate it. While at first glance, it may appear difficult and prickly, when broken apart, it can yield a nutritious and beneficial sustenance. Similarly, other participants noted that, in both Indonesian and global discussions on forestry and broader resource management,...
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Department of Environmental Quality developing water sources plan
2013-05-25 10:27:26| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is preparing regulations that will govern how oil and gas companies use both surface and below-ground water sources in their water-intensive hydraulic fracturing operations in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale development.
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To defeat Keystone, environmental movement goes from beltway to grassroots
2013-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: As decision day nears on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the environmental movement looks different than it did in 2009the last time a major climate policy fight took center stage in Washington. Then, the nation's largest green groups were the main engine behind a movement to pass federal climate change legislation. They spent vast quantities of financial and political capital lobbying congressional negotiators and corporations, before the bill failed in 2010. This time, the main force of opposition...
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Nearly 70 Groups: Environmental Defense Fund Does Not Speak For Us On Fracking
2013-05-24 03:05:19| oilandgasonline News Articles
A total of 67 leading grassroots organizations focused on citizen and environmental issues today released a joint letter to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) disapproving of the group's willingness to be coopted by industry interests on the issue of hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") for shale gas.
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