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India committed global fight on climate change: Javadekar
2014-12-10 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asia News Service: India is on the front lines of climate change but has the vision and political will to act despite serious resource constraints, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said in Lima Wednesday. In view of the governments focus on growth and poverty alleviation, the minister said India was pursuing action-oriented policies to bring rapid development to our people while purposefully addressing climate change. In a statement to the high-level segment of the 20th session of the Conference of the...
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Canada falls short 2020 climate change commitment
2014-12-09 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Canada remains well short of meeting its international 2020 climate change commitment, Environment Canada reported Monday, even if the economy tanks and global oil and gas prices remain on the skids. Even under the worst-case scenario, the 2014 Emissions Report says Canada would still fail to cut greenhouse gases 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 -- as Canada committed to do under the Copenhagen accord. The report, which includes measured emissions through 2012, suggests that under its...
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Change of heart: Abbott government commits $200m to Green Climate Fund
2014-12-09 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Advertiser: The Abbott government has bowed to international pressure and will commit to a global fund to help developing nations deal with climate change. The government has also revealed the first detail of how it will review Australia's post-2020 emissions reduction targets, with a taskforce to be established in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. In a statement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the government would take $200 million from Australia's...
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United Tech names new CFO after recent CEO change
2014-12-09 16:16:28| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
United Technologies Corp is bringing back a company veteran to be the U.S. conglomerate's finance chief, the company's first major personnel move since former CFO Greg Hayes became chief executive last month. Akhil Johri will become United Tech's CFO starting Jan. 1, returning from Pall Corp, where he had also been CFO.
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Obama: Keystone XL contribute disastrous climate change
2014-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama spoke in dismissive terms of the Keystone XL pipeline Monday during an interview on "The Colbert Report Monday, saying its modest benefits need to be weighed against its contribution to climate change, "which could be disastrous." During an interview taped at George Washington University, the president did not explicitly say whether he would grant or deny a permit to the controversial project that would transport heavy crude from Hardisty, Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast. But he...
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