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Super PAC to use climate change issue against Gov. Rick Scott
2014-05-24 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: A California billionaire is going after millionaire Gov. Rick Scott over climate change, hoping to rally passive voters as Scott seeks re-election in November. Tom Steyer's Super PAC, NextGen Climate Action, says Florida is among the states in which it will spend up to $100 million in 2014 to make climate change a "wedge issue" among voters who may otherwise stay home "NextGen Climate and our partners will mobilize low-propensity Hispanic voters by nano-targeting in South Florida and the I-4 Corridor,"...
WB urges countries to see climate change as economic issue
2014-05-24 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GMA News: Participants at the World Economic Forum on East Asia on Friday urged countries, especially those in Asia, to adopt a holistic approach in dealing with the effects of climate change. "What we are desperate to do is to bring the climate conversation out of the ministry of environment exclusively and put it right on the table of the ministry of finance, planning, budget,' said World Bank vice-president and special envoy on climate change, Rachel Kyte, in a report on GMA News' "24 Oras." Kyte...
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Offshore Technology Focus: Issue 19
2014-05-22 16:03:00| Offshore Technology
In this issue we look at how the New Zealand government has opened up some of its land for explorations, profile the West African wildcard of Mauritania, explore the world of offshore fracking, learn more about the Kvitebjrn field in Norway and much
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UK Farming Union Presidents Issue Joint Call-to-arms
2014-05-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The presidents of the four farming unions have jointly issued a call for farmers to make their voices known at the ballot box today, 21 May.
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Climate change wedge issue in 2014? Billionaire Tom Steyer hopes so
2014-05-21 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: One of President Obama's wealthiest supporters is pledging to spend at least $50 million in a bid to make climate change the central issue in hotly contested elections in New Hampshire, Florida, Michigan and a handful of other battleground states. A group run by California billionaire Tom Steyer unveiled plans to aggressively target Republicans in seven states who have been skeptics of global warming. Among the political figures the group plans to target is Florida Gov. Rick Scott and former Massachusetts...
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