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Reforestation can't offset massive fossil fuels emissions
2013-12-13 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: With the Australian, Japanese, and Canadian governments making an about-face on carbon-emissions reduction targets during the Warsaw climate summit, some experts are warning that the global need for solutions offsetting CO2 emissions is passing a "red line." Land-based mitigation practices comprise one of the solutions on the table as a result of both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol; however, a paper published in Nature Climate Change by an...
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The Dark Dide of the West's Fossil Fuel Boom
2013-12-13 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Over the last decade, oil and natural gas production has been booming out West, in states like North Dakota, Colorado, and Montana. That's brought plenty of benefits to local communities: Good-paying jobs, rising incomes, new businesses, a tidal wave of fresh tax revenue. It's also brought a fair share of problems. Towns around the oil-rich Bakken formation in North Dakota, for instance, have been grappling with higher crime rates, heavy truck traffic and overcrowded schools. What's more, there's...
United Kingdom: Poll: Public prefers green energy investments to fossil fuels
2013-12-13 01:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Renewable energy is the nation's second most popular investment category after property and is number one among young people, according to a new survey released today. When questioned by One Poll on their preferred investment areas, a third of the 2,000 respondents chose renewable energy, while 43 per cent named property. However, these positions were reversed when the question was posed to 18 to 24 year olds, where 39 per cent plumped for green energy and 36 per cent for property. Overall,...
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DOE issues solicitation for up to $8B in loan guarantees for advanced fossil energy projects
2013-12-12 23:30:32| Green Car Congress
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Students Escalate Divestment Campaign After Universities Refuse to Sell Fossil Fuel Stocks
2013-12-12 15:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Students across the country are escalating their campaigns for fossil fuel divestment after a number of high profile colleges and universities have rejected measures demanding they sell their stocks. Schools that have rejected requests for divestment include Harvard University, Cornell University, Middlebury College, Boston College, Vassar College, the City University of New York, Brown University and Swarthmore College. Divestment activists at each of these schools and others have come together...
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