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Abbott tells G20 leaders he backs coal despite pleas on climate change
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott has told a G20 leaders discussion on energy he was standing up for coal as the Queensland government prepares to unveil new infrastructure spending to help the development of Australias largest coal mine. Abbott opened the closed-door discussion on energy on Sunday morning by telling the world leaders that as the worlds largest producer of coal, Id like to stand up for coal, sources told Guardian Australia. Several leaders, including the French president, François...
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Geneva Man Enters Not Guilty Pleas in Murder Case
2014-09-25 18:26:03| Railroads - Topix.net
A 47-year-old Geneva man accused of murdering his wife has entered not guilty pleas to two counts of first-degree murder, the Kane County Chronicle reports. Shadwick King appeared in court on Wednesday for a brief hearing where his attorney, assistant public defender Brenda Willett, also requested a speedy trial , according to the Kane County Chronicle.
Pope Francis Pleas For Environment
2014-05-25 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it. That's what God told Adam and Eve in the King James Bible. Do Christians therefore have an obligation to tame the Earth and exercise "dominion' over all its plants and animals? Not according to Pope Francis. In a speech on May 21, he noted that our planet is a great gift to humanity. Nature and the cosmos beyond are objects for wonder and awe--an awe that the Christian deity also shared after creating it. That experience of...
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Senate hears pleas for gas exports to Europe
2014-03-25 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Calls to begin U.S. natural gas exports to Europe to counter Russian influence across the continent grew louder Tuesday amid concerns that Russia will move deeper into Ukraine. Lithuania's energy minister, Jaroslav Neverovic, pleaded in emotional terms for U.S. help, saying his country is "100 percent" dependent on Russia for natural gas and has to pay 30 percent higher prices for it than other countries in Europe. "This is not just unfair, this is abuse," Neverovic told the Senate Energy and Natural...
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U.S. appears unmoved by John Baird's pleas for Keystone XL decision
2014-01-26 18:39:40| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Canadian pleas for a swift decision on the Keystone XL pipeline project have certainly been heard this week in Washington.
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