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Japans Fossil Fuel Power Plants Must Go
2016-05-19 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A letter unveiled in Japans capital Tokyo today includes eighty organisations urging Japan to change the way they use fossil fuels. The organisations have asked Japan to announce that they will commit to ending all fossil fuel financing by next year at the G7 summit. The latest climate change research shows that to avoid the worst effects of climate change we should not build any more fossil fuel power plants after 2017. This letter builds on international protests in March and April when activists...
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Tens of Thousands Take Part in Global Actions Targeting Worlds Most Dangerous Fossil Fuel Projects
2016-05-16 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Twelve days of unprecedented worldwide action against fossil fuels concluded Sunday showing that the climate movement will not rest until all coal, oil and gas is kept in the ground. The combined global efforts of activists on six continents now pose a serious threat to the future of the fossil fuel industry, already weakened by financial and political uncertainty. Tens of thousands of activists took to the streets, occupied mines, blocked rail lines, linked arms, paddled in kayaks and held community...
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Global Wave of Resistance to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Escalates
2016-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Days after the Colorado Supreme Court denied two cities local authority to regulate fracking, hundreds of climate activists descended Thursday on a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction in Lakewood, just outside Denver, kicking off four days of major direct actions against fossil fuels across the U.S. In addition to the Lakewood demonstration and a larger mobilization elsewhere in Colorado on Saturday, protests and civil disobedience actions are scheduled to take place between...
DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State
2016-05-11 20:56:15| Green Car Congress
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No longer the underdog: how wind is competing with fossil fuels
2016-05-04 10:00:00| Power Technology
Renewables are increasingly part of the global energy conversation, with wind competing economically with fossil fuel-generated power in many cases. Taylor Heyman finds out how the industry got to this position and what it can do to make the economic
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