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Radical Shifts in Energy Policies Ignite Global Green Economy

2013-02-19 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: A new partnership launched today by four United Nations (UN) agencies aims to support 30 countries over the next seven years in building national green economy strategies that will generate new jobs and skills, promote clean technologies, and reduce environmental risks and poverty. The new Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), is a response to the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), The Future We Want, which recognizes the green economy...

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NASSP Annual Conference: "Ignite"

2013-01-22 22:51:00| American School & University

2013 meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) For more information, go to http://www.nasspconference.org/ Location Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center National Harbor, MD United States 38° 47' 3.6564" N, 77° 0' 52.9344" W See map: Google Maps

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Australia: Record heat, low rain leave regions 'primed' to ignite

2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: A LEADING weather researcher says Australia's great heatwave this year and low rainfall have left some regions ''primed to go''. The weather bureau's rainfall maps for the past three months show virtually all the southern and eastern parts of the country have posted below or very-much-below average rainfall. And the past fortnight of record-breaking heat across much of the continent meant fuel loads in bushfire areas were ''trumping the situation'' due to lowering moisture levels, said Jeff...

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Protests Ignite Nationwide Targeting TransCanadas Keystone XL

2013-01-07 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Eight youth climate activists staged a sit-in today at the TransCanada Corporations office in Westborough, MA to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. More than 100 blockaders stormed the lobby of TransCanadas Keystone XL office in Houston this morning. Protesters danced, spilled black tar sands balloons and hung neon orange hazard tape to highlight the deadly effects of TransCanadas corporate greed on communities and ecosystems. After being forced out of the lobby by police, the protesters...

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