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Delawareans To Participate In FERC Day Of Action And March To Capitol Hill
2013-04-18 03:43:21| oilandgasonline News Articles
On Thursday, April 18th, at 10 a.m., representatives of citizens’ groups from numerous states will be attending the public monthly meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their unified opposition to the agency’s process and track record of rubber-stamping natural gas infrastructure projects.
India: Climate talks slow, individual nations must take action
2013-04-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Voicing concern over "painfully slow" progress in climate talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the goal of stabilizing global temperatures was "nowhere in sight" and pitched for individual countries to take action to increase energy efficiency. Singh, inaugurating the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial, also made it clear that rich nations, who were responsible for a bulk of greenhouse gas emissions, were best placed to provide workable solutions to mitigate climate change. They...
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Gore calls for action on climate change
2013-04-17 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Former US vice-president Al Gore called for action on climate change yesterday, comparing denial of changing weather patterns to sleepwalking towards the edge of the cliff. Mr Gore, who was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his attempts to raise awareness of climate change, made the remarks at a keynote address at a Dublin conference exploring the links between climate change, hunger and poor nutrition. Even with glaring evidence [of extreme weather patterns] people still do not...
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An Action Plan for Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean
2013-04-15 14:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Without the right laws and safeguards in place, development can come at the expense of the environment and local communities. This point is especially evident in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Newspapers across the region regularly document conflicts over land and natural resource use, hydroelectric power development, oil exploitation, expansion of agriculture into virgin forests, and the disruption of indigenous practices. Many of these conflicts occur because countries lack strong laws...
US and China admit to 'inadequate' climate action as UN warns of mounting threat
2013-04-15 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The US and China have announced plans to accelerate joint efforts to tackle climate change, warning that the "inadequacy of the global response requires a more focused and urgent initiative". The two countries issued a joint statement at the end of Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Beijing over the weekend, featuring some of the strongest wording on the need for action on climate change to emanate from either government. "Both sides consider that the overwhelming scientific consensus...
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