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Draft Dem platform rejects Keystone, calls for fossil fuel phase down
2016-07-03 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Democratic National Committees draft 2016 platform, released Friday, backs the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline and seeks a phase down of fossil fuel production on federal lands. The platform says the party support[s] President Obamas decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, an action he took last year despite opposition from the oil industry and some labor unions. In a nod to the keep it in the ground anti-fossil fuel activists who gravitated toward Sen. Bernie SandersBernie...
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State agency calls for Vancouver oil terminal denial
2016-06-27 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbian: The state Department of Natural Resources says the nation's largest oil-by-rail terminal, proposed at the Port of Vancouver, should be denied state approval - and Clark County has raised its own issues with the proposal. In filings made with the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council that The Columbian obtained Wednesday, DNR managers said the terminal and its daily oil train traffic would increase the risk of wildfire along hundreds of miles of track, something state firefighters "are not prepared...
DNC Platform Calls for Fossil Fuel Investigations, 100% Renewable Energy
2016-06-27 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The committee drafting the Democratic Party platform unanimously voted to include a call for the Justice Department to investigate fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change. "All corporations owe it to their shareholders to fully analyze and disclose risks they face including climate risks. Those who fail to do so should be held accountable, the committee declared. The committee also included the goal of producing 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources by...
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WhatsApp up to 100 million voice calls a day
2016-06-27 08:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Users of the messaging service WhatsApp are already making over 100 million voice calls every day just over a year since the feature finished rolling out to Android and iOS users. In a brief blog post, WhatsApp said the figure was equivalent to 1,100 calls a second and that it was committed to making the feature even better for its 1 billion users in the months to come. WhatsApp started full end-to-end encryption across its messaging app last April and some websites such as FoneArena reported that the company has started testing a video calling feature.
Brexit calls EU climate action into question as top MEP quits
2016-06-27 04:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edie: The European Union's plans to reform its broken carbon market have been thrown into turmoil after the British lead MEP on the bill to revise the Emissions Trading System resigned after the UK voted to leave the bloc. Ian Duncan MEP has spearheaded the European Parliament's reform of the Emissions Trading Scheme, the EU's flagship policy to tackle climate change. Photo: Ian Duncan/Flickr Ian Duncan, the only Conservative MEP for Scotland, tendered his resignation just hours after it became apparent...
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