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Europe is burning our forests for renewable energy. Wait, what?
2014-08-25 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If youre driving through the South and you see a denuded field filled with stubby new plantings where lush forest once stood, the blame might lie with an unlikely culprit: the European Union and its well-intentioned clean energy rules. In March 2007, the E.U. adopted climate and energy goals for 2010 to 2020. The 27 member countries set a goal of reducing carbon emissions 20 percent by 2020 and increasing renewables to 20 percent of their energy portfolio. Unfortunately, they underestimated the...
Scientists warn about 'precarious' state of world's primary forests
2014-08-24 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DNA India: Scientists have warned about the precarious state of the world's primary forests, as a new study shows that say just 22% of these forests are located in protected areas, equivalent of only 5% of the original ones. Brendan Mackey, Director of the Climate Change Response Program at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, said that international negotiations are failing to halt the loss of the world's most important primary forests and in the absence of specific policies for primary forest protection...
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Indonesia forests so damaged they burn whether or not there's drought
2014-08-21 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Air pollution caused by fires set for land-clearing on Sumatra has become a regularly occurrence in Southeast Asia, spurring hand-wringing in Singapore and Malaysia over health effects and worries among environmentalists over the climate impacts. While these fires are often termed "forest fires", the reality is much of the area that burns each year has already been deforested and today mostly consists of grass, scrub, and remnants of what was once forest. But the impacts are nonetheless very substantial,...
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Investors Secure Groundbreaking Corporate Commitments To Protect Forests, Reduce Carbon Emissions
2014-08-18 08:34:06| pollutiononline Home Page
In response to nearly 150 climate-related resolutions filed by institutional investors during the 2014 proxy season, 20 major international corporations have committed to set goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sustainably source palm oil –a leading driver of global deforestation, which causes nearly 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions according to the Environmental Protection Agency
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Investors Secure Groundbreaking Corporate Commitments to Protect Forests, Reduce Carbon Emissions
2014-08-17 07:36:31| Agriculture - Topix.net
Record-high number of shareholder resolutions filed in 2014 proxy season drive more aggressive action by top companies on climate-related issuesSOURCE: Ceres DESCRIPTION:BOSTON, August 14, 2014 /3BL Media/ - In response to nearly 150 climate-related resolutions filed by institutional investors during the 2014 proxy season, 20 major international ... (more)
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