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Oxford graduates give back degree protest fossil fuels investment
2015-05-25 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Almost 70 Oxford alumni have symbolically handed back their degrees to criticise the universitys weak policy on fossil fuels investment which excludes only direct investment in oil sands and coal but fails to address other money invested in unsustainable sources of energy. Oxford University announced last week it would maintain its position of not having direct investment in high-risk oil sands and coal; it also pledged to follow environmental and social criteria for its investment. However,...
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United Kingdom: Climate activists attack Edinburgh University stance fossil fuels
2015-05-24 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of academics and climate activists from around the world has condemned the University of Edinburghs refusal to divest from fossil fuel companies, saying that its arguments for not doing so are cynical and wrong. More than three-dozen people representing both international groups and those from places including the UK, Australia and Guyanahave signed a letter attacking the universitys stance and which was written in response to a comment piece by Prof Charlie Jeffery, Edinburghs senior...
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IMF: Fossil fuels receive $10m a minute subsidies
2015-05-19 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that in 2015, the fossil fuel industry will receive $5.3trn in subsidies, surpassing annual health spending for all the worlds governments. Fossil fuel companies across the planet are set to receive the huge sum from public funds throughout 2015, equating to $10m per minute. In a working paper published on Monday, the IMF described the figures as shocking, adding that the study is extremely robust. It says that the sum is owed largely to the...
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Bringing Age of Fossil Fuels to an End
2015-05-15 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dissident Voice: Unprecedented assembles evidence that carbon emissions from fossil fuels are pushing humankind to unprecedented crises. Weather events are becoming more severe. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, storms are more frequent. Ice caps and glaciers are melting. Sea levels are rising. Oceans are becoming more acidic. A professor emeritus of philosophy and religion, David Ray Griffin discusses in his book, Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the Co2 Crisis? (Clarity Press, 2015), human-caused climate...
Renewables Beat Fossil Fuels Second Year in a Row
2015-04-21 15:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Start spreading the news: The world is now deploying more renewable energy in the production of electricitymore wind and solar power, in particularthan it is fossil fuels. And it has been since 2013, according to the analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. That year, the world added 143 gigawatts of new renewables capacity, compared to the 141 gigawatts of power generated by coal, natural gas and oil combined. Not only that, but by 2030, well likely add a whopping four times as much renewable...
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