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Fact check: Republicans crazy debate claims about climate change and energy
2015-11-11 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In the fourth Republican presidential debate, hosted by the Fox Business Network and The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night, viewers finally got to hear some discussion of energy policy and the Clean Power Plan, President Obamas major effort to curb carbon emissions. Too bad it was totally misleading. Fox Business host and debate moderator Maria Bartiromo kicked off this aspect of the debate with the following question addressed to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.): Senator Paul, you were one of 15...
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Once Robots Are Sorting The Recycling, The Economics All Change
2015-11-10 21:48:00| Waste Age
Fast Company To some, recycling is a waste of moneya bow to do-gooders that does little for the environment. But that's not how it looks to Eugenio Garnica. For those on the cutting edge of robotics, recycling is just another problem about to be solved by pattern recognition and deep learning. read more
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Popes call for action on climate change has shifted US views
2015-11-10 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: When the leader of the world`s 1.2 billion Catholics issued his call to action on climate change in June, observers wondered whether this would move the needle in the public debate. A survey of people in the US released late last week suggests that it has. Some 17 per cent of overall respondents and 35 per cent of Catholic respondents said they were influenced by Francis`s message that climate change is a crucial moral issue. The percentage of Catholics who said they were "very worried" about...
One of the Worlds Largest Coal Companies Misled Investors About Climate Change Risk
2015-11-10 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: Just days after President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists were handed another victory Monday morning when New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released the results of an investigation that found one of the world's largest coal companies had misled the public and its shareholders about the risks climate change could pose to its bottom line. After several years of investigations, Schneiderman reached an agreement with Peabody Energy that won't require...
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One of the worlds largest coal companies misled investors about climate change risk
2015-11-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Climate change could pose a serious risk to investors in publicly-traded fossil fuel companies, as governments around the world move to restrict carbon emissions. Many climate change advocacy groups say those companies have an obligation to their shareholders to be transparent about how demand for their product could diminish in the near future. Although Peabody escaped financial penalties this time around, it could still face litigation from aggrieved shareholders. According to Schneiderman's...
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