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Fossil fuels remain at forefront, energy expert says
2014-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: The use of wind, solar, and other renewable energy resources will increase significantly over the next few decades, but fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas likely will continue to dominate the energy mix and drive the global economy, said Daniel Yergin, one of the world's foremost energy experts. "It's a contest, or even a battleground,' Yergin said in an interview this week. "Renewables will grow a lot, but they will still be, 20 years from now, a relatively small part of the overall...
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Fossil fuel divestment builds capacity and resilience, says Mary Robinson
2014-02-19 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Former Irish president Mary Robinson has said the fossil fuel divestment campaign is a shining example of what must be done in the fight against climate change. Robinson, the first female president of Ireland and a former UN high commissioner for human rights, also set up the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice. Writing in an article for the Guardian, Robinson argued that the extreme flooding recently experienced in the UK will be nothing compared to the weather shocks that future...
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Renewable energy has saved Ireland 1bn in fossil fuel imports: SEAI
2014-02-19 01:00:00| Power Technology
Renewable energy has saved Ireland more than 1bn in fossil fuel imports apart from reducing carbon emissions by 12 million tonnes in the past five years, according to a report by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
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United Kingdom: Students call on universities reduce investments in fossil fuels
2014-02-14 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Students around the UK will tell their universities on Friday to reduce their investments in fossil fuels, in an effort to change the UK's investment practices. The day of action will see student bodies of many higher educational institutes publicising their opposition to investments by their universities into oil and gas-related funds. At Oxford University, at least 10 common rooms have passed motions in favour of cutting off investment into fossil fuels. The results are not yet known. The...
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McKibben on Fight Against Keystone XL, Fossil Fuel Divestment & Obama's Failures
2014-02-13 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Now: Hundreds of college students are expected to risk arrest on March 2 outside the White House to pressure President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline project. Organizers of "XL Dissent" say they hope to stage one of the largest acts of civil disobedience against the pipeline to date. The Keystone XL would carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to the Gulf Coast. In January, a long-awaited environmental impact statement from the State Department found the Keystone XL would...
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