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$1 billion promised for green energy projects in Pacific islands
2016-06-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TVNZ: The commitment has come at a Pacific Energy Conference in Auckland today which looked at how the region, hit by rising sea levels, could lead the world in climate change initiatives. Foreign Minister Murray McCully says investments and funding announced today will support Polynesia to achieve more than 50 per cent renewable energy by 2024, provide access to electricity for an estimated one million people in Melanesia and help other countries in the region to double their renewable energy generation....
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Engel reports 1.25 billion euros of sales in latest financial year
2016-06-07 00:12:07| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Notwithstanding a few hiccups, Austria-based machinery maker Engel Holding GmbH reported total sales of 1.25 billion euros in 2015-2016, a rise of around 25 per cent. Despite the overall slight slowdown in growth and the decline in a few individual… The post Engel reports 1.25 billion euros of sales in latest financial year appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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Canadas $6.9 Billion Wildfire Is the Size of Delawareand Still Out of Control
2016-06-04 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Tammy Tiedemann remembers the first time she took her kids to the pits. It was 2007. She was 35, a single mom, a Métis with Cree roots and Fort Mac proud: proud of the work she did for Shell Oil, the machines she operated, the toughness and camaraderie on the job, and proud of the mine itself, a monument to humanitys capacity to act on a massive scale, something like the pyramids in reverse. At the pit mine, 30 miles north of Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta, Tiedemanns 21-year-old son lit...
Environmental Crimes May Cost World Economy $258 Billion: Study
2016-06-04 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Environmental crimes are rising due to weak laws and enforcement, costing the global economy as much as a record $258 billion, about a quarter more than previously estimated, the United Nations Environment Program and Interpol said. The groups released a study on Saturday, on the eve of World Environment Day, that said the proceeds from crimes ranging from illegal logging to the trafficking of hazardous waste and illicit gold mining are funding rebel groups and criminal syndicates. The scourge...
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Nigerias Massive Oil Cleanup Could Take Decades And A Billion Dollars
2016-06-03 01:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Think Progress: Oil is seen on the creek water's surface near an illegal oil refinery in Ogoniland, outside Port Harcourt, in Nigeria's Delta region. A region of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta suffers widespread ecological damage as spilled oil seeps into its drinking water, destroys plants and remains in the ground for decades at a time. What`s been described as the most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up plan in history was launched in Nigeria Thursday to restore hundreds of square miles of Delta swamps...
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