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Oxford University says will not invest coal, tar sands companies
2015-05-19 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The University of Oxford will continue to avoid investments in companies involved in coal extraction and tar sands, the university's highest decision-making body said on Monday. The university's funds - the Oxford Endowment Fund and the Oxford Capital Fund - have 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) of assets under management, and none of it is currently invested in coal or tar sands, the university said in a statement. (ouem.co.uk/) "Our investment managers take a long-term view and take into account...
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Canada reneges on emissions targets as tar sands production takes toll
2015-05-16 04:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Canada has retreated on past promises to fight climate change, setting out lower targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions than any other industralised country so far ahead of a critical conference in Paris. The announcement was a setback to efforts to reach a deal in the French capital that would limit warming to 2C (3.6F), the threshold for dangerous climate change. Under the announcement, Canada committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. That is a far...
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The Canadians who live along the route of the longest proposed tar sands pipeline in pictures
2015-05-09 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: TransCanadas proposed Energy East pipeline will be the single longest tar sands pipeline in the world if approved. It would carry crude oil and dilbit (diluted bitumen) from Alberta through Ontario to Quebec, and on to export terminals in the Maritimes. Photographer Robert van Waarden travelled over 2,796 miles along the length of the proposed pipeline from Hardisty, Aberta, to St John, New Brunswick, meeting people whose lives and livelihoods would be impacted by it
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New Study: Tar Sands To Skyrocket West Coast's Climate And Air Pollution
2015-05-04 04:06:58| pollutiononline News Articles
The Pacific coast faces a looming health, climate, and environmental crisis posed by an influx of tar sands fuel from oil interests inAlberta, Canada, according to new analysis released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), NextGen Climate America, ForestEthics, and a coalition of 27 partner organizations
Church of England divests from coal and tar sands
2015-05-01 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Church of England has committed to divesting from two of the most polluting fossil fuels, thermal coal and tar sands. The organisation argues the Church has a moral responsibility to assist in the transition to the low-carbon economy. The religious institution will no longer make any direct investments in any company that derives more than 10% of its revenue from the extraction or the production of thermal coal or tar sands. The announcement coincides with the adoption of a new climate change...
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