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In major step on road to Paris, rich countries agree to slash export subsidies for coal plants
2015-11-18 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: After a concerted push from the United States, members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development agreed Tuesday to slash subsidies aimed at exporting technology for coal-fired power plants. The decision by the worlds wealthiest countries to eliminate export credits for the least efficient coal plants, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2017, and can be strengthened four years later, marks a major negotiating success for the Obama administration in the run-up to U.N. climate talks...
Study links deep-time dust with major impacts on carbon cycling
2015-11-18 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A University of Oklahoma-led study links vast amounts of iron-rich dust deposits from the late Paleozoic period of 300 million years ago with implications for major ecosystem fertilization and a massive drawdown of atmospheric carbon. Understanding iron fertilization and other deep-time events may explain present and future climate change and aid scientists and policymakers when making decisions related to geoengineering Earth. "Humans are now a geologic force on the planet, meaning our activities...
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Bombardier and NetJets(R) Mark Major Milestone as Challenger 650...
2015-11-16 23:13:10| Airlines - Topix.net
Bombardier and NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and a worldwide leader in private aviation, today celebrated the imminent entry-into-service of the new Challenger 650 aircraft. The aircraft will be on static display throughout the 2015 National Business Aviation Association conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Boston Beer Co major shareholder C James Koch Sells 12,000 Shares
2015-11-16 17:16:50| Beverages - Topix.net
Boston Beer Co major shareholder C James Koch sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.10, for a total value of $2,437,200.00.
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Fossil fuel investments cost major funds billions
2015-11-16 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Corporate Knights, together with 350.org and South Pole Group, has launched the Clean Capitalist Decarbonizer, an interactive tool that allows users to determine the financial impact of divesting from carbon heavy companies. Using this first-of-its kind tool, Corporate Knights analysed the investments of 14 funds totaling $1 trillion in assets, including the Gates Foundation and ABP, and determined that the scale of losses over the past three years exceeded US$22 billion. The analysis covered recent...
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