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Stanford climate activists slam university over fossil fuel vote
2016-04-27 01:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Stanford University's announcement on Monday that it will not rid its $22 billion endowment of oil and gas companies has raised the ire of campus climate activists, who said on Tuesday they will protest the decision. Activists felt they had momentum on their side after Stanford two years ago said it would no longer invest in coal mining companies, whose products are a major contributor to global climate change. But the Stanford Board of Trustees said on Monday it was not clear that the social...
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CNN Viewers See Far More Fossil Fuel Advertising Than Climate Reporting
2016-04-26 16:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: CNN aired almost five times as much oil industry advertising as climate change-related coverage in the one-week periods following the announcements that 2015 was the hottest year on record and February 2016 was the most abnormally hot month on record. Specifically, CNN aired 23.5 minutes of American Petroleum Institute ads during its morning, afternoon and primetime coverage over those two weeks, compared to just five minutes of coverage about climate change or the temperature records. That disparity...
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Keystone-ization is the fossil fuel industrys new nightmare
2016-04-26 02:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Another Pipeline Rejected is now the go-to headline for updates on new fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States. Does the growing file of scrapped pipeline plans forecast the Keystone-ization of our energy future? Yes - proposals for pipelines to transport oil and natural gas are being brought down by public protest so frequently, we now have a term for it. A quick review: On Friday, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced that it would not grant a necessary...
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World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony
2016-04-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than 170 governments declared an end to the fossil fuel era on Friday, using the signing ceremony for the landmark Paris agreement as an occasion to renew their vows to fight climate change. The outpouring of support the largest ever single-day turn-out for a signing ceremony underscored strong international commitment to deliver on the promises made in Paris last December to avoid a climate catastrophe, the leaders said. There is no turning back, François Hollande, the French president,...
Zac Goldsmith backs fossil fuel divestment movement
2016-04-22 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Zac Goldsmith has backed the fossil fuel divestment movement and said he would pursue efforts to pull London City Halls pension fund out of investments in oil, coal and gas if he was elected mayor. The Conservative mayoral candidates support for moving the 4.8bn London Pension Authority Fund (LPFA) out of fossil fuel investments is at odds with Boris Johnson, who last year rejected a motion calling for divestment. It is believed to be the first time the Tory MP and environmentalist has publicly...
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