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Rockefeller Fund to Cut Exxon Holdings on Climate-Change Worries
2016-03-23 21:37:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Rockefeller Family Fund said on Wednesday it will divest from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and "eliminate holdings" of Exxon Mobil Corp., saying the oil company associated with the family fortune has misled the public about climate change risks. The U.S.-based charity will also divest its coal and Canadian oil sands holdings.
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Could climate-change warnings on gasoline pumps actually work?
2016-03-16 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Later this year, someone stopping to fuel up in North Vancouver will be the first customer to see the controversial warning labels. Theyll be wrapped around the gas pump handles. The exact wording isn`t settled yet, but heres the gist of it: Every time you pump gas, youre contributing to air pollution and climate change. What will they look like? We don`t know that, either, but here`s one candidate considered by the city council that voted in the new warning-label law: This label was developed...
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Court refuses to block Obama climate-change initiative
2016-01-22 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: A federal appeals court is refusing to block the Obama administration's climate change initiative. Two dozen states and other energy companies sued (PDF) the Environmental Protection Agency in October on the day the carbon-emissions cutting plan became law. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that the plan, which impacts hundreds of power plants across the nation and is one of the president's centerpiece accomplishments, can proceed even as the legal challenge is...
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California to investigate whether Exxon Mobil lied about climate-change risks
2016-01-20 13:25:03| Chemicals - Topix.net
Exxon Mobil, which operates a refinery in Torrance, above, has issued statements denying news reports that it suppressed climate-change research. Exxon Mobil, which operates a refinery in Torrance, above, has issued statements denying news reports that it suppressed climate-change research.
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California to investigate whether Exxon Mobil lied about climate-change risks
2016-01-20 13:24:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Exxon Mobil, which operates a refinery in Torrance, above, has issued statements denying news reports that it suppressed climate-change research. Exxon Mobil, which operates a refinery in Torrance, above, has issued statements denying news reports that it suppressed climate-change research.
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