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At Best, Fossil Becomes The Next Pandora
2015-03-09 21:12:55| Jewelry - Topix.net
FOSL's Investor Day and guidance proves it is setting the bar quite low in a year where smartwatch technology is expected to dominate the fashion watch industry. Fossil was one of the first partners for Google's Android Wear last year.
What is fossil fuel divestment?
2015-03-09 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Divestment is the opposite of investment it is the removal of stocks, bonds or funds from certain sectors or companies. The global movement for fossil fuel divestment (sometimes also called disinvestment) is asking institutions to move their money out of oil, coal and gas companies for both moral and financial reasons. These institutions include universities, religious institutions, pension funds, local authorities and charitable foundations. Evidence shows that proven fossil fuel reserves are...
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Prices Fail to Reflect Fossil Fuels Real Costs
2015-03-08 10:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Forget the price of petrol at the pumps. The true cost of any fossil fuel is much greater if social costs are factored in, according to new research. A climate scientist in the US reports in Climatic Change journal that American motorists get a gallon of gasoline for at least $3.80 less than it really costs, and the price of coal-fired electricity would quadruple if consumers had to pay the real price. In contrast, solar and wind power are much cheaper than they might seem. Professor Drew Shindell,...
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Fossil fuel industry caught taking a page out of the tobacco playbook
2015-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last week, Willie Soon was caught failing to disclose conflicts of interest in his climate research and congressional testimony after having received over $1.2 million in funding from fossil fuel companies. This revelation raised alarms in Congress, with Rep. Grijalva sending letters to the universities of seven other scientists who have provided climate-related testimony, and Senators Markey, Boxer, and Whitehouse sending inquiries to 100 fossil fuel companies, trade groups, and NGOs. Senator Markey...
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Academics urge University of Edinburgh to end fossil fuel investment
2015-03-01 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fifty academics from Edinburgh University have signed an open letter calling for the institution to divest its 230m endowment fund from fossil fuels and the arms trade. The letter, to Edinburgh vice-chancellor Prof Sir Timothy OShea, is published in advance of a meeting on Monday of the university committee responsible for recommending options for fossil fuel divestment. It is convening for the last time before the universitys central management group makes its decision on divestment in April....
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