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B.C. leading in climate-change initiatives
2016-06-14 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times Colinist: When it comes to action on climate change, all politics is glocal (meaning both global and local). So can B.C. meet the challenge of addressing both local and global concerns? Increasingly, leaders are developing policies to meet their local constituents needs while facing the global challenges of climate change. Last December, Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario agreed to link their carbon cap-and-trade systems with California. In March, B.C. and Alberta publicly exchanged perspectives on how B.C.s...
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Exxon shareholders reject climate-change resolutions
2016-05-25 12:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Shareholders at Exxon Mobil and Chevron rejected resolutions backed by environmentalists that would have pushed the companies to take stronger stands in favor of limiting climate change. Environmentalists took solace, however, that some of their ideas gained considerable support. At Chevron Corp., a resolution asking for an annual report each year on how climate-change policies will affect the company received 41 percent of the vote. A similar resolution at Exxon got 38 percent. Also, Exxon...
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Alberta introduces ambitious climate-change legislation
2016-05-24 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe & Mail: Alberta is moving to turn its ambitious climate-change plan into law with the introduction of legislation to tax purchases of all fossil fuels, including gasoline and natural gas. Bill 20, introduced on Tuesday, is one of the first major steps by the Alberta government to formalize grand plans unveiled last November, when it announced a sweeping climate-change plan meant to significantly reduce or cap the province's greenhouse-gas emissions. Improving Alberta's environmental reputation is seen...
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Climate-change models wrong on predicting rain, drought extremes
2016-04-08 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: A newly released international study debunks climate models on global warming that forecast extreme rainfall and drought tied to temperature swings, casting doubt on disaster scenarios promoted by the climate-change movement. The study in the journal Nature published Thursday examining Northern Hemisphere rainfall data going back 1,200 years found that today`s climate models were frequently wrong on predicting extreme rain and drought. In the 20th century, for example, higher-than-average temperatures...
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Rockefeller Fund to Cut Exxon Holdings on Climate-Change Worries
2016-03-24 01:50:28| Energy - Topix.net
The Rockefeller Family Fund said on Wednesday it will divest from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and "eliminate holdings" of Exxon Mobil Corp., saying the oil company associated with the family fortune has misled the public about climate change risks. The U.S.-based charity will also divest its coal and Canadian oil sands holdings.
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