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NHL Takes on Climate Change, Beyond the Rinks
2014-12-22 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: Last week the National Hockey League announced that it is stepping up its sustainability actions through a new partnership with the energy services company Constellation. The new deal makes Constellation the official preferred energy provider for the NHL with a focus on improving energy efficiency at ice rinks and other facilities throughout the organization. The agreement also calls for Constellation to provide enough carbon offsets to equal the entire carbon footprint of the NHL for the upcoming...
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Philippines have a welcome shift on climate change action
2014-12-22 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: In recent years, the Philippines has played an outsized role in United Nations climate talks. Its devastating typhoons make it a symbol of what developing countries face without the resources to protect cities from floodsas seas rise and storms intensify. But in the latest round of talks in Lima, Peru, the Philippines took a bold step forward that was more than just symbolic: the country declared it was time for developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions regardless of economic status. The...
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Palm Oil: Impact of climate change
2014-12-22 07:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Albany Times Union: You may have never heard of palm oil -- let alone thought about the role it played in your investment portfolio. But palm oil is fast becoming a ubiquitous ingredient, already present in half the goods we buy, from toothpaste to body wash, lipstick to detergent, cooking oil to ice cream and coffee to chocolate. Because it is free of trans fats, inexpensive and uses less acreage to grow than some alternatives, demand for palm oil has increased dramatically in the last decade and with it, so have...
Australia: Direct Action unlikely meet emissions target, says Climate Change Authority
2014-12-22 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The governments climate advisory body has delivered a stark assessment of the Coalitions policies, stating it was unlikely that its Direct Action policy would meet Australias 5% emissions reduction target and calling for the renewable energy target (RET) to remain intact. The Climate Change Authority, which the Coalition unsuccessfully attempted to abolish, has conducted two statutory reviews for the government: one on the RET and one on the carbon farming initiative (CFI). The existing...
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Amid climate change what's more important: Protecting money or people?
2014-12-22 01:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: At the latest round of international climate talks this month in Lima, Peru, melting glaciers in the Andes and recent droughts provided a fitting backdrop for the negotiators' recognition that it is too late to prevent climate change, no matter how fast we ultimately act to limit it. They now confront an issue that many had hoped to avoid: adaptation. Adapting to climate change will carry a high price tag. Sea walls are needed to protect coastal areas against floods, such as those in the New York...
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