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Lima climate talks agree on just one paragraph of deal with 24 hours left
2014-12-11 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Negotiators working on a deal to fight climate change have agreed on just a single paragraph of text, casting a shadow over the prospects for a strong outcome in Lima. The talks scheduled to end at noon local time on Friday after 10 full days are intended to provide a clear blueprint for a global agreement to find climate change by the end of next year. But while negotiators descended on Lima in a positive mood, buoyed by recent commitments from the US and China, the talks have fallen into...
India and Australia Are Focus of Attention in Lima Climate Talks
2014-12-11 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: As United Nations climate talks in Lima, Peru, near an end, negotiators and observers are looking at India and Australia to see whether they will support a draft agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With China and the U.S. having agreed last month to reduce carbon emissions, India the worlds third largest emitter of CO2 has said its emissions will continue to rise as it pulls its people out of poverty. But Indias environment minister said in Lima yesterday that the country would spend...
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Australia still 'constructive' climate talks, despite Julie Bishop's rhetoric
2014-12-11 03:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Australian governments rhetoric to its domestic audience about international climate talks is harder line than the positions it is taking in the actual negotiations, according to long-term observers of the process. In many areas the actual negotiating position of the current government is much the same as the former government, the real difference is in their rhetoric and their posturing, said the deputy director of the Climate Institute, Erwin Jackson. Their rhetoric is definitely tougher...
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MHG In Talks With BASF Regarding A Series Of Initiatives
2014-12-11 00:45:21| chemicalonline News Articles
MHG, the manufacturer of one hundred percent biodegradable plastic, announced they met behind closed doors with BASF, the largest chemical company in the world. Dr. Paul Pereira, CEO and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, met with Johannes Becker, Vice President of Strategy in Brussels last week to discuss next steps in a series of initiatives
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Keystone XL and Galilee basin threaten to bring down the global climate talks
2014-12-10 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The worlds nations are meeting in Lima, near the equator, to pledge and promise about global warming. But the actual worth of those promises can be more accurately gauged in the far north and the far south of the planet, where real decisions in the next months will show whether the climate concern is rhetorical or real. By now most people know about the northern example: the tar sands of Alberta. Some time in the coming months the new Republican-controlled Congress will demand that Obama approve...
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