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Crowds march, Pope urges 'courage' as climate talks reach crunch
2015-12-06 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis on Sunday urged nations to act with "courage" while 10,000 climate activists took to the beach in Belgium, a day before UN talks enter their crunch phase in the search for a historic pact against global warming. Ministers begin a frenetic week of negotiations Monday to seal a historic 195-nation agreement in Paris. The envisaged deal seeks to revolutionise the world's energy industry by replacing coal, oil and gas with renewable sources that do not emit heat-trapping greenhouse...
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Dutch courage: rational thought fuels emissions reduction
2015-06-29 01:00:00| Power Technology
In the eyes of tomorrow, the ruling of three Dutch judges that its own government's emissions target is illegal may well be seen as a 'landmark' and 'milestone' but today it is a welcome interjection of rational thought in an often irrational debate.
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Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good sees 'courage, clarity and purpose' in...
2015-06-13 14:19:46| Apparel - Topix.net
Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good tells the KPMG Women's Leadership Summit that leaders must "play a unique role" in a time of crisis. In giving the keynote address to the KPMG Women's Leadership Summit in New York on Wednesday, Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good spoke at length about leading the company through the Dan River coal-ash spill and its aftermath.
Uefa lack courage to stand - Blatter
2015-01-26 00:49:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fifa president Sepp Blatter accuses Uefa of lacking the "courage" to challenge his leadership in May's election.
Do we have courage to tell our children the truth about climate change?
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Montreal Gazette: One of the many fringe benefits of being a high-school English teacher is the opportunity to teach Harper Lee`s To Kill a Mockingbird. I have worked with it many times over the last 15 years, and I re-discover its literary genius and its compelling humanity every time. The ugly history of racism and hypocrisy in the U.S. South and the twin human curses of ignorance and cowardly conformity are interwoven throughout this story of children learning about their world. In their world, innocence is...
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