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Climate report heralds grave fears for state of the planet
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Early next week, hundreds of scientists will meet in Stockholm's Brewery Conference Centre to put the finishing touches on the world's most important climate change document. It is unlikely the beer will be flowing. By Friday the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will have released the results of its labour - the first part of its fifth major assessment of climate science. There is more evidence than we had before. Its last report, released six years ago, delivered...
Food crisis fears prompt UN wake-up call to world leaders
2013-09-18 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Governments in rich and poor countries alike should renounce their focus on agribusiness and give more support to small-scale, local food production to achieve global food security and tackle climate change, according to a report from Unctad, the UN trade and development body. The 2013 Trade and Environment Review, calls on governments to "wake up before it is too late" and shift rapidly towards farming models that promote a greater variety of crops, reduced fertiliser use and stronger links between...
Oil prices slide on fears of crude supply shortfall in Middle East
2013-09-17 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices have decreased today as investors expressed fears that the Middle East crude supply may be hit due to the Syrian crisis, followed by the diplomatic surrendering of chemical weapons.
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Japan turns off last nuclear reactor amid fears of surge in gas prices
2013-09-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Japan will switch off its last nuclear reactor on Monday, amid fears that a growing dependence on gas imports there could push up electricity bills in the UK. Kansai Electric Power's only functioning reactor was scheduled to be disconnected from the power grid and then shut for planned maintenance, ending hopes that an industry that until three years ago provided 30% of the electricity to power the world's third largest economy would stage a quick recovery. Continuing problems at the Fukushima...
Food price fears push EU lawmakers to put a lid on biofuels growth
2013-09-11 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Parliament has voted to limit the use of fuels made from food crops because of fears that biofuels can push up grain prices or damage the climate, further undermining the once booming industry. Lawmakers voting in Strasbourg on Wednesday set a ceiling on the use of such fuels at 6 percent of overall transport fuel demand in the European Union in 2020. Although slightly higher than the 5 percent cap proposed by the European Commission in October, it deals a blow to EU biofuel producers...
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