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Growth at all costs: climate change, fossil fuel subsidies &Treasury
2015-05-24 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There are no oil rigs visible from Aberdeen itself, but evidence of the foundations of Europes oil capital is easy to see: plaques for the head offices of major fossil fuel companies, helicopters ferrying workers to and from offshore platforms, designer shops for a city that has more millionaires than any other in the UK. It is not far from the centre of the granite city to the poorer wards, though, where like so many places, people struggling to pay ever-increasing energy bills are still forced...
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Goodbye, Homoeroticism?: A & F Struggles To Change Its Image In The Post Mike Jeffries Era
2015-05-24 17:08:46| Apparel - Topix.net
It's been a little over six months since Mike Jeffries , one of the few openly gay business leaders, resigned as CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch after several quarters of slumping sales and bad press. Over the years, 70-year-old Jeffries, who joined the company in 1992, developed a reputation for expressing his unfiltered douche bag opinions -from claiming the company only hires "good-looking" employees to admitting it doesn't make large sizes because it fears "fat" and "unpopular" people wearing its logo.
Catholics Organize to Promote Pope's Climate Change Message
2015-05-24 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There will be prayer vigils and pilgrimages, policy briefings and seminars, and sermons in parishes from the U.S. to the Philippines. When Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment and climate change in the coming weeks, a network of Roman Catholics will be ready. These environmental advocates who work with bishops, religious orders, Catholic universities and lay movements have been preparing for months to help maximize the effect of the statement, hoping...
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change
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climate
China readies national carbon market fight climate change
2015-05-24 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing's financial district suggest a booming market. A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same dozen or so trades, all from last year. The lights from the Beijing Environment Exchange -- one of seven pilot markets in China for trading carbon -- raises questions for the country as it prepares for next year's roll-out of a nationwide system that could help the world's biggest emitter of heat-trapping...
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Japan: Climate Change Aid Pledged for Pacific Islands
2015-05-24 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Japan pledged $450 million in aid Saturday to Pacific island nations that are battling rising sea levels and natural calamities as a result of global warming. The island nations include Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands and others dotting the Pacific Ocean, some of which are threatened with rising sea levels. The assistance will help fight environmental disasters and provide access to clean water, renewable energy and related projects. Scientists say the melting of Arctic glaciers is...
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