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Japans lurch away from nuclear hasnt caused fossil fuels to boom
2016-09-10 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: In the wake of the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, Japan shut down its entire nuclear fleet in order to develop more rigorous safety standards and inspect the remaining plants. As of now, plants are only beginning to come back online. Given that Japan had recently relied on nuclear for over a quarter of its electricity, the expectation is that emissions would rise dramatically. But that hasn't turned out to be the case. While coal use has gone up, it hasn't risen by more than...
City of Sydney council to divest from fossil fuels regardless of election result
2016-09-06 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The City of Sydney council is set to divest from fossil fuels this year, regardless of the outcome of the election on Saturday, after a two-year campaign by members of the anti-fossil fuel group 350.org. The council has more than $500m under management. At the last meeting before the election, it unanimously passed a motion calling for a new investment policy that would divert those funds away from banks that invest in fossil fuels. In 2015 the big four banks Westpac, ANZ, NAB and the Commonwealth...
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G20 cut n paste mocks urgency of fossil fuel subsidy cuts
2016-09-05 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Today, hopes that this would be the year the G20 finally get serious on climate change were well and truly dashed, as the worlds most powerful countries failed to set an end date for fossil fuel subsidies. Instead, they issued yet another cut and paste communiqué (French language version), reaffirming for the eighth time in as many years their medium term commitment to rationalise and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. These 20 countries the richest in the world, pocketing 80% of...
Tribe embarks on totem journey in opposition of fossil fuel projects
2016-09-02 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A Pacific Northwest tribe is travelling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole on a flatbed truck in a symbolic journey meant to galvanize opposition to fossil fuel infrastructure projects they believe will imperil native lands. This is the fourth year the Lummi Nation in northwest Washington has embarked on a "totem journey" to try to create a unified front among tribes across North America that are individually...
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Fossil Group, Inc. (FOSL) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
2016-08-23 02:00:00| Apparel & textile industry market research - from just-style.com
Fossil Group, Inc. (Fossil), is a consumer fashion accessories company. It designs, markets and distributes watches and life style products. The company offers a comprehensive line of men's and women'
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