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Biden vows climate change action in meeting with French president
2013-02-04 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the Obama administration's goal of tackling climate change during the president's second term in a meeting with the French president Monday. I was impressed in the discussion we had relative to climate change -- and I mean this sincerely, Mr. President -- I could have been sitting in a private meeting with President Obama, Biden said in joint remarks with Francois Hollande following their meeting at the Elysee Palace. Biden said Obama was committed to...
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Delhi sustainable development summit highlights need for urgent action
2013-02-04 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Global development summits are rare and usually lead nowhere. But coming up on the inside track as a talkshop to rival Rio and the annual Davos meeting is the annual Delhi sustainable development summit (DSDS), which packs in prime ministers, Nobel prize winners and development thinkers, mostly from Asia. Rajendra Pachauri has been called the UN's "world climate chief" because he chairs the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But his background is in grassroots...
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Obamas Climate Team Appears Primed for Action
2013-02-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Who will help President Barack Obama meet his ambitious promises to tackle climate change? Eco-celebrities and tree-climbing protesters need not apply. This is a job for wonks. The presidents top climate appointees and the outside advisers best positioned to shape his agenda are a team replete with heavy hitters including green-minded business leaders, buttoned-down environmental lobbyists and bureaucrats who have spent years wrestling with the minutiae of regulations. At the outset,...
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Climate action could halve energy firms' worth - bank
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: Oil and gas multinationals could lose up to 60 percent of their market value if the world cuts its carbon emissions to limit climate change, according to the world's second-largest bank. This is the first time the financial sector has been warned by one of its own that shares could plummet. This is the first time the financial sector has been warned by one of its own that shares could plummet if the necessary action is taken to prevent disaster. The study, Oil and Carbon Revisited: Value...
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Citywide Annual (Quarter 4) Affirmative Action Reports
2013-02-01 17:59:35| PortlandOnline
July 2012 Annual AA Reports for July 2012 (Quarter 4) PDF Document, 1,279kbCategory: Annual Affirmative Action Reports FY 11-12 (July 2012)
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