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Greens can find common ground on climate change - Shaw
2015-06-01 03:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: Newly elected Green Party co-leader James Shaw says he has no plans to cosy up to the National Party, but he believes there is room for the two parties to find common ground on the thorny issue of climate change. In his first major speech as co-leader, the former businessman yesterday dismissed any lingering fears that he was right-leaning and a "free market capitalist hero". He rejected comparisons to Prime Minister John Key and reiterated his opposition to formal ties with National. But...
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Climate change: The bumpy road to the Paris talks
2015-06-01 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
bbc: In little more than six months' time representatives of almost 200 countries will sit down in Paris to thrash out a deal on climate change. The momentum is building, with environmentalists, politicians and scientists all keen to avoid what one called a "Copenhagen 2 scenario". Behind the headlines there appears to be an effort to manage expectations. And a whole new lexicon is building around the talks at the end of the year. Take INDCs - Intended Nationally Determined Contributions....
Climate change: Major energy companies write UN request help setting up carbon pricing scheme
2015-06-01 00:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Six major energy companies have written to the United Nations asking for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme to help tackle climate change. BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Statoil, Eni and the BG Group asked Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to help them hold direct dialogue with the UN and willing governments about developing a scheme to charge those who produce carbon emissions. We have important areas of interest...
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Energy companies seize initiative on climate change
2015-05-31 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fc5662e-0643-11e5-b676-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz3bmLhqt1H Six of Europes largest oil and gas companies have banded together for the first time to ask the UN to let them help devise a plan to stop global warming. In a sign of...
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Martin OMalley Enters Presidential Race Calling Climate Change Greatest Business Opportunity
2015-05-31 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton may be the prohibitive favorite, and the Democratic slate for the presidential nomination almost certainly wont be as large as the Republican field. But Saturday, another credible candidate joined Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the race: former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley, who left office in January after serving for eight years. And, like Clinton and Sanders, those who care about the climate will find him a more sympathetic candidate than anyone on the GOP side....
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