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World Bank president calls fossil fuel subsidies be scrapped
2015-04-14 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, has called for fossil fuel subsidies to be scrapped immediately and for a price to be put on carbon. Speaking to the Guardian, Kim said, You can have growth that will protect the plant and decouple carbon emissions from growth. We can get it now, but it would be much easier if we put a price on carbon. He added, [Developing countries] can feel the boot of climate change on their neck, more so than people in the developed world. The results of...
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Why Fossil Needs Your Attention
2015-04-13 23:44:40| Jewelry - Topix.net
Consumer spending in the U.S. has somewhat slowed, in the last couple of months, as people become conscious of their spending once again. Although the holiday season was good for most of the retailers, it was not so pleasant for many of them.
Harvard Students Block Campus Building Push Fossil Fuel Divestment
2015-04-13 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A group of Harvard University students is calling for the school to sell its investments in fossil fuel companies. Protesters began blocking the entrance to the main administration building Sunday. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Student activists are demonstrating in Harvard Yard, demanding that the world's wealthiest university sell its shares in big oil and coal companies. From member station WGBH, Kirk Carapezza reports. KIRK CARAPEZZA, BYLINE: Students are blocking the entrance to Massachusetts...
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Fossil fuel subsidies tempt us burn more carbon, says World Bank chief
2015-04-13 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Jim Yong Kim said awareness of the impact of extreme weather events that have been linked to rising temperatures was more marked in developing nations than in rich western countries, and backed for the adoption of a five-point plan to deliver low-carbon growth. Speaking to the Guardian ahead of this weeks half-yearly meeting of the World Bank in Washington DC, Kim said he had been impressed by the energy of the divestment campaigns on university campuses in the US, aimed at persuading investors...
Students Push College Fossil Fuel Divestment To Stigmatize Industry
2015-04-11 16:22:53| Energy - Topix.net
In the past few years, students at hundreds of colleges and universities have started pushing their schools to divest from fossil fuel companies as a way to slow climate change. The campaign has had some notable wins in the past year.
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