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For their second act, Keystone killers tackle Exxon
2015-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The same rowdy band of green activists who toppled the Keystone XL pipeline are aiming their sights at ExxonMobil. Environmental groups are waging an escalating public relations campaign against the giant oil and gas company, diving deep into Exxon's history to accuse it of knowingly - perhaps illegally - misleading the public about its decades of research on the dangers of climate change. Their allegations, backed by recent news reports from Inside Climate News and the Los Angeles Times, led...
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Canada pledges $2.65B to help developing countries tackle climate change
2015-11-28 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: Canada will provide $2.65 billion over five years to help developing countries deal with climate change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday at the Commonwealth summit in Malta. The announcement comes ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in Paris, which begins Monday. "Canada is back and ready to play its part in combating climate change and this includes helping the poorest and most vulnerable countries in the world adapt," Trudeau said in a statement. The $2.65-billion...
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Germany's Merkel urges strict, binding goals to tackle climate change
2015-11-28 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's chancellor gave a qualified welcome on Saturday to China's pledge to tackle rising temperatures ahead of a global climate conference but she called for more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse emissions. In her weekly internet podcast on Saturday, Angela Merkel also underscored the long-term importance of coal-fired power for Germany, a country that remains one of the globe's biggest economies and exporters. "It is remarkable that China ... has given a timeframe for reduction of 2030,"...
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Asia Wants Paris Climate Talks to Tackle Historic Emissions and Make Some Real Change
2015-11-22 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: On a late Friday afternoon as choking smog descended on the Indian Capital, Francois Richier, the French ambassador to India , took some hard questions from scores of journalists about the upcoming climate change talks in Paris this month. The journalists were discussing the run up to global climate change Conference of Parties, COP 21, which starts 30th November in Paris and one of the reoccurring sentiments was that this meeting is a done deal and that little if anything would be accomplished....
United Kingdom: MPs call for diesel cars scrappage scheme tackle air pollution
2015-11-20 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government should consider a scrappage scheme for diesel cars to get polluting vehicles off the streets of Englands cities, where they contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths every year, according to an influential committee of MPs. The call echoes a proposal from London Mayor Boris Johnson who has suggested up to 2,000 per car could be paid to get 150,000 diesels off the capitals roads. Ministers should also revise vehicle excise duty (road tax) to encourage drivers to...
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