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Will Greek debt deal change anything?
2016-05-25 14:43:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Will Greece's latest debt deal really change anything?
A Climate Change Activist Could Be Director on Exxon Board
2016-05-25 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fortune: Voters at Exxon Mobils XOM 0.66% annual meeting on Wednesday approved a measure to let minority shareholders nominate outsiders for seats on the companys board, meaning a climate activist could eventually become a director at the oil giant. The so-called proxy access measure, which passed last year at fellow U.S. major Chevron CVX 1.58% , was the only one of 11 shareholder proposals related to climate change to pass at annual meetings held on Wednesday by both companies. This years meetings...
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Fracking: Ministers 'Sitting On' Climate Change Report On Shale Industry
2016-05-25 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Ministers have been accused of 'sitting on' a long-awaited report on fracking and climate change in a bid to help the oil industry. HuffPost UK has learned that the independent Climate Change Committee's (CCC) study of the environmental impact of the shale gas technology has still not been published despite a legal requirement to do so. Protestors were furious this week when North Yorkshire County Council made the landmark decision to approve Third Energy's application to frack on a site near...
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Wildfires, Climate Change And Boreal Forests
2016-05-25 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diane Rehm Show: Since the beginning of May, a massive, out-of-control fire has been raging in boreal forest lands in Alberta, Canada. The fire forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents of Fort McMurray and halted oil sands production. Scientists say climate change has contributed to the growing number and severity of wildfires in the worlds boreal forests. Hot, dry weather has lengthened fire seasons and created ideal conditions for wildfires. The fires in turn increase emissions of greenhouse gases....
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Guardian banned Exxon AGM for lack objectivity on climate change'
2016-05-25 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Keep it in the ground, this newspaper has argued for ages on fossil fuels. Then keep out of our annual meeting, replies ExxonMobil. Or, to quote Exxons media relations manager, Alan Jeffers: We are denying your request [to attend Wednesdays meeting] because of the Guardians lack of objectivity on climate change reporting demonstrated by its partnership with anti-oil and gas activists and its campaign against companies that provide energy necessary for modern life, including newspapers. Corporate...
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