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Countries, environ groups at odds over green fund role in $100b pledge

2014-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: More than 190 nations at international climate talks in Lima, Peru, continued Dec. 10 to work on overcoming a serious rift over the aid richer nations are to give to developing nations under a 2015 global climate deal. Delegates hadn't even agreed on a basic definition of what is or isn't climate finance. But the major issues were much broader, centering on what assurances the U.S. and other rich nations can give to demonstrate they are ramping up climate aid to the $100 billion-a-year amount...

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Intel to invest $100B on manufacturing in Oregon

2014-08-12 16:42:19| Agriculture - Topix.net

Construction of the $3 billion D1X research fab at Intel Corp's Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Ore., is continuing.

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Bangladesh needs $100b in 10 years for infrastructure: WB

2014-04-03 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Star: Bangladesh will have to spend $7.4 billion to $10 billion a year until 2020 to bring its power grids, roads and water supplies up to the standard needed to serve its growing population, a World Bank report said yesterday. "In total, the country will require between $74 billion and $100 billion between 2011 and 2020 or 7.38 percent to 10.02 percent of its gross domestic product to improve infrastructure," said Luis Andres, one of the co-authors of the report. Andres was talking to reporters...

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New Report Reveals Koch Brothers Could Make $100B Profit if Keystone XL Pipeline is Built

2013-10-21 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The progressive think tank International Forum on Globalization (IFG) released a report today investigating how Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the Keystone XL pipeline is built. The report, Billionaires` Carbon Bomb: The Koch Keystone XL Pipeline, finds that the Kochs hold up to 2 million acres in Alberta and have spent upwards of $50 million on Congress and think tanks that heavily push for the pipeline. A Google map showing the Koch assets...

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