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Harvard divestment group block hall entrance and call for a meeting on fossil fuels investment
2014-05-02 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Students who launched the Divest Harvards Day of Action have blocked the entrance of the schools administration offices and called for a meeting with the president and the board of the university to discuss divesting from fossil fuels. The protest was set up with the aim of obtaining a meeting with Harvard trustees and president Drew Faust, in order to discuss the schools involvement with fossil fuels companies. Students have long been campaigning for the school to divest from these firms,...
Pax World divests fund from fossil fuels for investment reasons
2014-05-02 10:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The US-based firm Pax World Management has announced that it has fully divested one of its funds from fossil fuel companies, meaning it now has two fossil fuel-free funds on offer. The firm announced on Thursday that the Pax World Growth Fund (PXWGX) will now pursue a fossil fuel-free investment strategy, replacing such investments with holdings in high-impact companies developing solutions to sustainability challenges. Examples include hybrid engine developers Valeo and Gilead Sciences, a...
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Berg Discusses How Equipment Manufactures Are Adapting to Trends in Automation, Alternative Fuels
2014-05-01 14:05:00| Waste Age
Skip Berg, national sales manager at Labrie Enviroquip, discusses at how equipment manufacturers are adapting to some of the latest trends, including increased automation, new safety features and the increased move towards use of compressed natural gas engines. read more
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Global Fossil Fuels Face A Loss Of $30 Trillion
2014-05-01 08:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cleans Technica: The global fossil fuel industry faces a loss of $US28 trillion ($A30.2 trillion) in revenues over the next two decades, if the world takes action to address climate change, cleans up pollution and moves to decarbonise the global energy system. The assessment, made by leading European broking house Kepler Chevreux, underlines whats at stake for the fossil fuel industry from a push to cleaner fuels and concerted efforts to reduce emissions, and helps explain the enormous push back from the oil...
Pfizer's weak drug pipeline fuels hunger for AstraZeneca
2014-04-30 07:12:33| Biotech - Topix.net
At the heart of Pfizer Inc's pursuit of British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc is a shortage of attractive products in its own research pipeline, aggravated by a recent series of disappointing drug launches, according to some industry analysts and money managers.
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