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NY Attorney General is investigating Exxon-Mobil over its alleged climate-change deceptions
2015-11-05 23:10:01| Chemicals - Topix.net
According to people with knowledge of the investigation, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a subpoena Wednesday evening to Exxon Mobil, demanding extensive financial records, emails and other documents. The focus includes the company's activities dating to the late 1970s, including a period of at least a decade when Exxon Mobil funded groups that sought to undermine climate science.
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Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon's Climate-Change Deception
2015-10-27 16:53:47| Chemicals - Topix.net
Exxon-Mobil has spent millions of dollars promoting skepticism about climate change. But recent reports indicate that the fossil fuel giant knew years ago that climate change was real, that it was caused by fossil-fuel emissions, and that the effects of it would be, according to one of the company's own memos, "potentially catastrophic."
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Nightmare climate-change vision of Manchester 2040
2015-10-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Manchester Evening News: The potentially-devastating consequences of climate change for Greater Manchester are laid bare in a new report. Transport for Greater Manchesters Low Emission Strategy - currently only in draft form - outlines what to expect up to by 2040 unless drastic measures are taken. According to the report, this is what could be heading the north west's way: Drier summers - with less water supply and soil subsidence Wetter winters with increased flooding risk More extreme weather with intense...
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Einstein easier to understand than IPCC's climate-change language, study says
2015-10-13 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Unless you have a PhD or the equivalent, you likely cant understand what the worlds leading body on climate change is saying. In fact, the language used by the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is harder to comprehend than Albert Einsteins text, says a quirky study by a group of European academics. This study also warns that bad language is hampering global efforts on what has repeatedly been called the biggest threat facing mankind. The IPCC was...
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New taxes on gas or vehicles may be in Albertas climate-change plan
2015-09-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: Alberta`s environment minister is not ruling out a carbon tax as the province grapples with the impact of vehicle emissions on climate change and air quality. Shannon Phillips says the province`s new climate change panel, headed by Andrew Leach, will be "taking a hard look" at initiatives in other jurisdictions to see whether "incentives and disincentives" should be used to help reduce the impact of vehicle emissions on the environment. Her ministry`s climate leadership discussion document...
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