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10,000 Form Human Chain in Paris Demanding World Leaders Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
2015-11-29 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Thousands of Parisians and activists from around the world joined hands to form a human chain along Boulevard Voltaire in Paris this afternoon. According to Agence France Presse, nearly 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. The #humanchain for climate justice in Paris. pic.twitter.com/yNc5zVY40v -- Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) November 29, 2015 We joined hands today against climate change and violence, said Hoda Baraka, Global Communications Manager for 350.org. People here in...
Christiana Figueres: Thanks for memories, fossil fuels, but now it's time to change
2015-11-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: For the past 250 years, fossil fuels have been the primary driver of development and growth. Burning fossil fuels has provided us with outstanding progress and opportunities, and I for one am grateful to the many generations of men and women who have so sincerely labored in this sector. However, unbeknownst to all those generations of laborers is that this progress has also put increasing pressure on our planet. We now know that we have precipitated the imbalance of the earth's ecosystem and its...
Texas wind and solar power compete fossil fuels in just a few years
2015-11-20 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FuelFix: Wind and solar power competing evenly with their fossil fuel counterparts without federal subsidies could come in just a few years in Texas and other areas, while it may take another 15 years or more in other parts of the country, according to reports released this week. The paradox slowing renewable power growth somewhat is that the regions with the greatest natural resource potential for wind and solar, like the southwest and mid-continent, already have relatively cheap power prices that make...
Thomas Piketty calls for investors to divest from fossil fuels ahead of climate talks
2015-11-16 05:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thomas Piketty has called for investors to move their money out of fossil fuels ahead of landmark UN climate change talks. The French economist, along with ecological economist Tim Jackson, authors of the respective bestselling books Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Prosperity Without Growth: economics for a finite planet, said that investors should divest from a sector with a business model at odds with physical realities. In a letter to the Guardian, they wrote: This is a rare...
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Fossil Fuels Resolution - Statement
2015-11-13 20:37:03| PortlandOnline
Nick Fish PDF Document, 120kbCategory: In the News
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