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Investors pledge to take their money out of firms blamed for climate change
2014-09-22 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The backlash against fossil fuels is growing so fast that nearly 700 financial institutions controlling 30bn of assets have pledged to pull their money out of investments that exacerbate climate change, it emerged yesterday. Among the institutions switching into cleaner power sources are the British Medical Association, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Quakers, all of whom are part of the dirty-energy divestment campaign. Around 40,000 people marched in London yesterday to demand...
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Prince Charles: climate change is greatest challenge facing humanity
2014-09-22 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Tackling global warming is the biggest challenge facing the world today, Prince Charles has said, urging governments to act on climate change before it is too late. After months in which the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine have dominated the political agenda, the Prince of Wales will call on world leaders to turn their attentions to "the battle against climate change'. "Even in a world full of daunting perils and crises, it is hard to imagine anything that poses a greater challenge and...
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Thousands pack NY streets march against climate change
2014-09-22 01:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As thousands of peaceful demonstrators descended on Manhattan on Sunday to draw attention to a warming world, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry called on the worlds biggest economies to shake off two decades of gridlock and take significant steps to halt climate change. Speaking at the Major Economies Forum in New York, Kerry likened the climate to the immediate threats of Ebola in West Africa and Islamic State in the Middle East, saying its implications stretch far into the future. "We...
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NYC Climate Change March Rallies Over 310000
2014-09-22 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: On a cloud-heavy Sunday morning, hundreds of thousands of people snaked down Manhattans west side for a march calling attention to the impact of climate change. Dozens of marching bands, two-story-tall puppets and banners of all kinds flanked a diverse range of marchers. Indigenous groups, labor unions, beekeepers and students, as well as a smattering of celebrities and politicians clogged the march route for over six hours while police officers mostly looked on. One man held a placard with GIVE...
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Barack Obama readies climate change push at UN summit
2014-09-21 20:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: President Barack Obama will seek to galvanize international support in the fight against climate change on Tuesday when he addresses the United Nations, with time running out on his hopes of leaving a lasting environmental legacy. Obama has warned that failure to act on climate change would be a "betrayal" of future generations, but faced with a Congress reluctant to even limit greenhouse gas emissions -- let alone ratify an international agreement -- his options appear limited. Tuesday`s climate...
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