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Portland Bans Fossil Fuel Export
2015-11-13 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The City of Portland in Oregon took a stand yesterday against dirty fossil fuels. It passed a resolution--with teeth--against new fossil fuel transportation and storage infrastructure in Portland and on our iconic rivers. Coal, oil and gas companies want to export stunning volumes of dirty fuel through our communities--the City of Portland just made that harder. We're about to see a unanimous vote in #Portland City council for NO NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE!! #citieslead pic.twitter.com/VtSmL4zI38...
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Australian fossil fuel subsidies put at $5.6bn a year in new report
2015-11-12 03:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Renew Economy: As Malcolm Turnbull heads to Turkey to attend this weekends G20 Summit in Antalya, a new international report has revealed that Australia is still subsidising fossil fuel production to the tune of a massive $A5.6 billion a year. The report, Empty promises: G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production, also highlights how Australian companies have received billions of dollars from other G20 governments to develop liquefied natural gas sites. And it notes that Australia also funds the industry...
G20 spends four times more on fossil fuel output than on renewables, think tank says
2015-11-12 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The G20 countries spend almost four times as much to prop up fossil fuel production as they do to subsidize renewable energy, calling into question their commitment to halting climate change, a think tank said on Thursday The G20 spent an average $78 billion on national subsidies delivered through direct spending and tax breaks in 2013 and 2014, according to a report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) on Thursday. A further $286 billion was invested in fossil fuel production by G20...
IEA outlines climate challenge in cheap fossil fuel world
2015-11-10 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Governments should ban inefficient coal power plants, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said on Tuesday. They also need to boost support for renewables, regulate to improve energy efficiency and crack down on methane leaks from oil and gas production. Those were Birol`s top four recommendations to close the gap between an international goal to limit global warming to 2C and inadequate voluntary national efforts. "The IEA is ready to help the [UN climate body] and governments...
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Stop funding fossil fuel projects, World Bank urged
2015-11-08 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OneWorld: The World Bank is right to highlight the connection between poverty and climate change but needs to practice what it preaches and stop funding fossil fuel projects around the globe, says Christian Aid. Responding to Sunday's publication of the bank's new report, Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty Christian Aid's Senior Climate Advisor, Mohamed Adow, said: "It is good to see the World Bank underlining the clear connection between climate change and how it fuels poverty....
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