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Combating climate change: is divesting from fossil fuel companies a good approach?
2013-11-21 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Apocalyptic climate change is upon us. For shorthand, let's call it a slow-motion apocalypse to distinguish it from an intergalactic attack out of the blue or a suddenly surging Genesis-style flood. Given the might and recalcitrance of governments on this issue, it falls to people's initiatives and to other kinds of institutions to take up the slack. This means universities, churches, and other investment pools, now increasingly under pressure from mushrooming campaigns to divest funds from fossil...
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These Companies are Raising Prices. Will Shares Follow?
2013-11-21 10:36:30| Steel - Topix.net
Steel makers have announced price hikes across a broad selection of steel products.
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Hawaii's Big Island bans biotech companies, GMO crops
2013-11-21 07:19:18| Airlines - Topix.net
The governing council for Hawaii Island Tuesday banned biotech companies from operating on the island while barring growth of genetically modified organisms.
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90 Companies Responsible for Two-Thirds of Global Warming Emissions
2013-11-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies, which between them produced nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated since the dawning of the industrial age, new research suggests. The companies range from investor-owned firms household names such as Chevron, Exxon and BP to state-owned and government-run firms. The analysis, which was welcomed by the former vice-president Al Gore as a "crucial step forward" found that the vast majority...
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Man-Made Climate Change Mostly Due Just 90 Companies
2013-11-21 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies, which between them produced nearly two-thirds of the greenhouse gas emissions generated since the dawning of the industrial age, new research suggests. The companies range from investor-owned firms -- household names such as Chevron, Exxon and BP -- to state-owned and government-run firms. The analysis, which was welcomed by the former Vice President Al Gore as a "crucial step forward" found that the vast majority...
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