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Portland City Council adopts position against expanded oil shipments by train, delays fossil fuel export ban
2015-11-05 19:39:31| PortlandOnline
Steve Law in the Portland Tribune, November 4, 2015
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Portland City Council Votes Today to Oppose Fossil Fuel Infrastructure and Oil Trains
2015-11-05 17:52:28| PortlandOnline
Shelby R. King in the Portland Mercury, November 4, 2015
Texas eyes one fossil fuel as prospects dim for another
2015-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Texas, it might seem, has been slow to get the memo on coal. The state still has about 20 coal-fired power plants plugging away, according to a Sierra Club tally. It remains the top carbon dioxide emitter in the country, and coal generated over a third of the electricity used in Texas' main power market last year. Yet behind that facade, the generation mix is shifting. Observers and planners suggest thousands of megawatts of Texas coal-fired generation could be ripe for closure in the wake...
Fossil fuel companies risk plague of 'asbestos' lawsuits as tide turns on climate change
2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Oil, gas and coal companies face the mounting risk of legal damages for alleged climate abuse as global leaders signal an end to business-as-usual and draw up sweeping plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Bank of America has warned. nvestors in the City are increasingly concerned that fossil fuel groups and their insurers are on the wrong side of a powerful historical shift and could be swamped with exhorbitant class-action lawsuits along the lines of tobacco and asbestos litigation in the...
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3 Biggest Fossil Fuel Consumers Fall Far Short of Fair Contain Global Warming
2015-10-24 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Pledges by the three titans of greenhouse gas emission--Europe, the U.S. and China, which are the three biggest fossil fuel consumers--fall far short of fair and may not be nearly enough to contain global warming, according to new research. In the complex game of power politics, development economics, environmental campaigning, climate science and greenhouse gas accounting that will characterize the forthcoming UN climate summit in Paris, COP21, in December, the most important components so...
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