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Jumping Aboard Fracking's Fossil Fuel Carousel
2013-10-09 18:52:30| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Two Pennsylvania legislators who have taken money from--and enthusiastically supported--the natural gas industry have teamed up to now praise coal.
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World must eliminate fossil fuel emissions, OECD chief says
2013-10-09 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world must eliminate emissions from burning fossil fuels in the second half of this century to lower the economic cost of climate change, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. Leading economist and climate change expert Nicholas Stern has said that investment equivalent to 2 percent of global gross domestic product a year is needed to limit and adapt to climate change. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria acknowledged that climate change had...
Campaign against fossil fuel growing, says study
2013-10-08 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A campaign to persuade investors to take their money out of the fossil fuel sector is growing faster than any previous divestment campaign and could cause significant damage to coal, oil and gas companies, according to a study from the University of Oxford. The report compares the current fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has attracted 41 institutions since 2010, with those against tobacco, apartheid in South Africa, armaments, gambling and pornography. It concludes that the direct financial...
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Report says efficient fossil fuel technologies will expand thermal power market
2013-10-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
Adopting innovative and efficient fossil fuel technologies, including carbon capture and storage (CCS) and combined heat and power (CHP), will foster the growth of the global thermal power market, according to a new report from GlobalData.
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Record-Breaking Renewable Energy Capacity Pushes Fossil Fuel Plants to Close in Germany
2013-08-23 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Germanys renewable energy industry has again shown its strength, shattering through another solar power record, as utility company RWE announces it will close fossil fuel power plants as they are no longer competitive. RWE said 3.1 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity would be taken offline, as it suspends or shuts down some of its gas and coal-fired power stations. This represents six percent of RWEs total capacity. It said a boom in solar energy meant many of its power stations were no...
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