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Climate implications seen call for Keystone XL pause
2015-11-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Amid low oil prices and growing political opposition in the U.S., TransCanada Corp. has asked the State Department to suspend its review of the companys permit application for its controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. The request could wind up delaying the construction of Keystone XL, which has been at the forefront of the debate over climate change in the U.S. The companys action comes as oil prices hover around $50 per barrel, Canadian tar sands development is slowing and Democratic presidential...
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Buddhists call for strong Paris climate deal to limit warming
2015-10-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Senior Buddhists have called on world leaders to agree a new climate change agreement at a conference in Paris next month. The 15 signatories, including the Dalai Lama, are urging politicians to completely phase out fossil fuels. They argue that the rise in global temperatures must be limited to 1.5C in the future. Observers say it is the first time that so many leading Buddhists have joined together on a global issue. The statement from the leaders of over a billion Buddhists worldwide...
Food, beverage industry CEOs call for meaningful deal on climate change at UN conference
2015-10-01 02:48:42| Beverages - Topix.net
The CEOs of several major food and beverage companies are calling on world leaders to push for a meaningful agreement at the United Nation's conference on climate change later this year in Paris. The 10 companies, including cereal maker General Mills and candy maker Mars Inc., will run an open letter as a full-page ad in the Financial Times and Washington Post on Thursday.
Pope Francis issues radical call climate change action
2015-09-26 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A day after taking a surprisingly deferential tone with climate change skeptics in the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis stood before the United Nations General Assembly to issue a soft-spoken but thunderous call for the world to address global warming, connecting the issue to the wider pursuit of equality, security and justice for all. Generating a sense of palpable excitement, crowds gathered to celebrate Pope Francis' historic visit to the United States. His speech, delivered in his native Spanish...
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Trump, Bush Attack Popes Call to Climate Action
2015-09-25 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Several conservative politicians, including two presidential candidates, criticized the Pope for calling for climate action in his first-ever visit to the U.S. Donald Trump, who has criticized the Pope repeatedly, does not agree with Francis` latest remarks, in which he called climate change "a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation." However, Trump feels, "I think that clean air is a pressing problem. You want to have clean air, clean water. That`s very important to me, and...
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