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State attorneys general take up fossil fuels boom as IPCC and feds lean green
2014-04-16 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Days after the U.N.-backed climate change panel of scientists urged a radical shift toward wind and solar energy to slow accelerating greenhouse-gas pollution, U.S. state attorneys general on Wednesday focused on ramped-up production of fossil fuels. The intensifying oil and gas boom in Colorado and neighboring states is out-pacing health and environment rules that the state attorneys have to defend. And as elected officials they're trying to help capitalize on huge economic opportunities -- especially...
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World must turn from fossil fuels to cleaner energy to avoid climate disaster, panel says
2014-04-13 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The amount of global greenhouse gas emissions soared to "unprecedented levels' over the decade ending in 2010, the world's top climate scientists said Sunday, and now governments must act aggressively to lower emissions or face the most dangerous consequences of global warming. At a meeting in Berlin, the scientists released an authoritative report showing that emissions from human development increased more between 2000 and 2010 than each of the previous three decades. It is a clear sign, they...
Desmond Tutu: divest from fossil fuels firms in apartheid-style boycott
2014-04-11 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Eminent bishop and Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called on businesses to cut ties with the fossil fuels industry, in the same way as they did with South African companies during apartheid. Writing in the Guardian, Tutu said that there were many ways people can raise their voice against companies that contribute to climate change. They can boycott sports events that they sponsor, campaign to put health warnings in their advertisements and ask for universities, religious institutions...
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Harvard academics rally for ethically responsible fossil fuels divestment
2014-04-11 11:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Ninety-three professors from Harvard University have signed an open letter that labels its presidents attitude towards climate change as contradictory and argues that divesting from fossil fuels is an act of ethical responsibility. The letter comes after president Drew Faust announced a new climate strategy for the university and revealed that it had signed up to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project. The signatories...
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After refusing to divest from fossil fuels, Harvard takes new steps to promote the environment
2014-04-07 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Six months after announcing that Harvard would not divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, President Drew Faust unveiled several new initiatives today to strengthen the universitys commitment to environmental sustainability and renewable energy. Harvard has a vital leadership role to play in this work, Faust wrote in a letter to the Harvard community. As a university, it has a special obligation and accountability to the future, to the long view needed to anticipate and alter the...
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