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Fossil Fuel Investments Face Major Risks Due to Climate
2013-12-22 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) asked the world's thousand largest asset owners what they were doing to guard against the possibility that their investments in fossil fuels could, in future, become worthless. Together, the owners manage more than $70 trillion of funds. The Project found that only 27 of the 460 investment funds replying to its request are currently addressing climate risk at what it considers a responsible level. An investment in coal might prove worthless in the...
UN raps Malaysia on palm oil abuses, risks
2013-12-20 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Malaysia's push to join the ranks of rich countries shouldn't come at the expense of the environment or the vulnerable groups, warned a U.N. expert after a visit to the Southeast Asian nation. Speaking at the end of the official mission, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter cited concerns over the country's palm oil industry, which has emerged over the past 30 years as key driver of economic growth, but at the same time has been linked to labor abuse and destruction of...
Greeks Burning More Wood and Garbage Amid Financial Collapse Leads to More Pollution, Health Risks
2013-12-19 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Air pollution is usually not the first consequence that comes to mind when thinking about an economic crisis, but new research out of economically downtrodden Greece has found that as the price of heating oil increases, Greek residents are switching to burning cheaper material such as wood and waste materials to warm their homes, which is having an effect on the environment and possibly public health. A team of researchers led by University of Southern California's Constantinos Sioutas found that...
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Higher Ethanol Blends Carry Hidden Risks For Nearby People, Buildings
2013-12-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Adding more ethanol to fuel with the goal of reducing air pollution carries a hidden risk that toxic -- or even explosive -- gases may make their way into buildings, particularly those nearby with cracked foundations, Rice University researchers reported this week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Vapors that rise from contaminated groundwater can be sucked inside, and trapped pools of methane could ignite and toxic hydrocarbons could cause health woes, the researchers said....
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Big companies assume future CO2 emissions price to cut costs and risks in planning
2013-12-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A recent finding by the climate nonprofit CDP that more than two dozen major U.S. firms are placing a price on carbon dioxide emissions for purposes of internal planning came as old news at 1 Poydras Place in New Orleans, the headquarters of Entergy Corp. The 100-year-old Fortune 500 company, which provides electricity and natural gas to 2.8 million customers in the Lower Mississippi River Valley, coastal Louisiana and East Texas, has been hedging on carbon dioxide since 2001 under a program it...
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