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New fossil find backs up existence of ancient hobbit-humans
2016-06-09 16:00:05| Extremetech
A second group of small hominid fossils has been found on the island of Flores in Indonesia.
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EU energy chiefs favouring fossil fuel lobbyists, says report
2016-06-09 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The Paris climate agreement signals a global transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Yet since adopting the deal, senior EU officials have continued to favour traditional energy majors with their time, according to analysis from Corporate Observatory Europe (CEO). Commissioners Miguel Arias Canete and Maros Sefcovic had six times as many encounters with fossil fuel interests as renewables or energy efficiency advocates, meeting records show. That is skewing policy towards a dependence...
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Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Wont Affect Energy Supply
2016-06-07 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A stress test on the security of the UKs energy supply has been carried out after concerns were raised over a planned phase-out of coal by 2025. Bright Blue commissioned Aurora Energy Research to complete the test and found that Britains energy supply will be left unharmed if the Government go ahead with their plan. The research shows that UK Government could now implement the phase-out earlier than originally planned with no risk to energy supply. Bright Blue finds that, under each scenario,...
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Fossil fuel groups warned not to ignore Paris accord
2016-06-06 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: Oil, gas and coal companies face financial disaster if they ignore the implications of the Paris climate change accord and should be required to tell investors how they will avoid such threats, a British economist has warned. Lord Nicholas Stern has told a climate task force set up by the Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, that the gap is disturbing between what politicians signed up to in the Paris agreement struck in December and what fossil fuel companies are assuming. This gap should...
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Energy superpower status threatened world shifts fossil fuel federal think-tank warn
2016-06-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: How Canada can move to 100% clean energy Could Bay of Fundy tides generate enough power for all of Atlantic Canada? Why green energy prospers as fossil fuel prices fall: Don Pittis Alberta resource revenue plunges to historic low, raising sales tax spectre Caught up in the dispute: How Alberta's economic future is tied to Iran and Saudi Arabia Walking on sunshine: How Okotoks banks heat for homes External Links Canada's status as an "energy superpower" is under threat because the global dominance...
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