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People's Climate March in New York in pictures
2014-09-21 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Gatherings take places in cities worldwide two days before the United Nations Climate Summit, where more than 120 world leaders will convene for a meeting aimed at galvanising political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015
New York City Prepares to Host Climate Change March
2014-09-21 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: After months of planning, the Peoples Climate March is set to roll through a large swath of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday, taking public frustration over stalled efforts to curb carbon emissions to the streets in a noisy, vivid display of unity. At 11:30 a.m., the march is scheduled to begin moving east along 59th Street from Columbus Circle, proceeding along a circuitous, two-mile route, and drawing labor and immigrant groups, students and politicians, scientists and religious leaders. The march...
New York - Exxon Mobil said Friday that it will wind down a drilling...
2014-09-21 08:01:02| Chemicals - Topix.net
Exxon Mobil said Friday that it will wind down a drilling project in Russia in compliance with U.S. sanctions, but said it received a license to keep working beyond the sanctions' deadline in order to complete the work. U.S. sanctions against Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine require the removal of U.S. workers on projects in the Russian Arctic and other select locations by September 26. Exxon is drilling an exploratory well in the Kara Sea in the Russian Arctic, and had planned to stop drilling in October in order to remove equipment and personnel before winter set in.
In Overhaul, New York Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Its Buildings
2014-09-21 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In a sweeping effort to reduce its environmental impact, New York City is planning to overhaul the energy-efficiency standards of all its public buildings and to pressure private landlords to make similar improvements. The initiative is part of a pledge, to be announced before the start of the United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday , to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels. The United Nations has pointed to that rate of decrease as a desired target for developed...
New York, time to sound the climate change alarm
2014-09-20 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily News: New York is already the noisiest city in North America, so full of excess sound that Mayor Mike Bloomberg set up noise checkpoints where cops with handheld decibel meters handed out fines to miscreants. And for a couple of minutes on Sunday along 6th Ave., its going to be louder still -- in fact, more than a hundred thousand people will be blowing trumpets, beating drums and shouting at the top of their lungs. Church bells will ring across the city, sirens will sound. I know this noise will...
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