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Australia Called 'Worst Polluter' World: Lack Climate Action Criticised
2014-09-26 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: The article said Australians "like to think themselves as green." Australia elected a party and prime minister in 2007 riding on a "pro-climate platform" with a pledge to sign the Kyoto Protocol and implement wide environmental reforms. The article criticised the Australian government for throwing this sentiment out the window seven years later. Reports have said that Brisbane is preparing to host the G20 summit in November. The article claims the Abbott government is planning to wield its power...
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Portland wins worldwide honors for climate action plan
2014-09-23 18:27:29| PortlandOnline
Portland is among worldwide honorees for climate action plan other winners include Amsterdam, London, NYC, Seoul
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Big Oils heirs join call for action as climate summit opens
2014-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: For 140 years, the Rockefellers were the oil industrys first family, scions of a business empire that spawned companies called Exxon, Mobil, Amoco and Chevron. So it was no trivial matter when a group of Rockefeller heirs decided recently to begin severing financial ties to fossil fuels. There is a moral imperative to preserve a healthy planet, said Valerie Rockefeller Wayne, a great-great-granddaughter of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr. and a trustee of the largest charitable foundation...
Climate change summit: Global rallies demand action
2014-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Street protests demanding urgent action on climate change have attracted hundreds of thousands of marchers in more than 2,000 locations worldwide. The People's Climate March is campaigning for curbs on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN climate summit in New York next week. In Manhattan, organisers said some 310,000 people joined a march that was also attended by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Earlier, huge demonstrations took place in Australia and Europe. "This is the planet where our subsequent...
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Prince Charles urges action against climate change 'before it is too late'
2014-09-22 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Prince Charles, who has long been an outspoken campaigner on climate change, has made clear his frustration that more has not been done to tackle global warming, despite clear warnings from UN scientists of the potentially catastrophic risks it poses. In a pre-recorded video address to political and business leaders in New York, as they meet for major international climate change talks, he describes climate change as the greatest challenge facing humanity. Speaking as Patron of the Prince of Wales's...
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