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Judge Denies Motions by Fossil Fuel Industry and Federal Government in Landmark Climate Change Case
2016-04-09 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon, decided in favor of 21 young plaintiffs in their landmark constitutional climate change case against the federal government. Judge Coffin ruled Friday against the motion to dismiss brought by the fossil fuel industry and federal government. The courts ruling is a major victory for the 21 youth plaintiffs, ages 8-19, from across the U.S. in what Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein call the most important lawsuit on the...
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Half of World Heritage Sites at Risk From Fossil Fuel Development and Other Indust
2016-04-07 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Nearly half the world`s natural heritage sites are threatened by various forms of industrial development, according to a new report. The World Wildlife Fund says extractive industries and other large projects pose a clear risk to at least 114 of 229 global sites identified by the organization. A full two-thirds of the sites in sub-Saharan Africa are under threat and 46 sites are recorded as facing multiple threats, including Australia`s Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. The report...
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Rockefeller Fund To Divest Fossil Fuel Funds, Says Exxon Conduct Is Reprehensible
2016-03-23 20:33:10| Chemicals - Topix.net
In a Wednesday announcement, the Rockefeller Family Fund made a move to divest from fossil fuels by "eliminating holdings" of Exxon Mobil Corporation . In a Reuters article outlining the move, Rockefeller is unhappy with Exxon's actions and "allegedly misleading the public about the threat of climate change."
Universities' love affair with fossil fuel companies must end
2016-03-20 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Climate change is perhaps our generation's greatest challenge, and few people are better placed to know it than academics in our top universities, writes James Dyke. But they are still accepting huge sums of fossil fuel money, in the process helping donors in their quest to extract and burn ever more coal, oil and gas. This must stop. This is what we know. If we are to avoid dangerous climate change, then we need to keep the majority of fossil fuel reserves in the ground. So continually exploring...
UK funding of overseas fossil fuel projects: a necessary evil?
2016-03-03 01:00:00| Power Technology
The UK has reportedly invested more than 2bn in fossil fuel projects as part of overseas aid packages to countries in urgent need of energy supplies. This is more than double what it spends on similar clean energy projects, sparking debate over supp
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