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Environmentalist Marina Silva presidential candidate Brazil socialist party
2014-08-18 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Brazils Socialist Party (PSB) is expected to name former environment minister Marina Silva to run for the presidency after former candidate Eduardo Campos died in a plane crash. Silva, who was set to run as Campos vice-president, is a popular figure in Brazil. She gained nearly 20% of the vote when she ran as the Green Partys presidential candidate in 2010. Silva will now run against president Dilma Rousseff in Octobers election. Rousseffs popularity fell slightly after the countrys elimination...
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American actor Ian Somerhalder's new environmentalist role as Goodwill Ambassador
2014-06-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Ian Somerhalder, an actor best known for his work on the international hit TV Series, "The Vampire Diaries," has a new role, which is of great importance not only to himself, but also to hundreds of thousands of others. Somerhalder was designated as a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Thursday, also the World Environment Day, in Bridgetown, the capital of the small island nation of Barbados. "Ian Somerhalder is a committed environmentalist who has the capacity to inspire...
Billionaire Environmentalist To Spend $100M Attacking GOP On Climate Change In 2014 Elections
2014-05-22 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Setting his sights on Republicans who reject climate change, an environmentalist billionaire is unveiling plans to spend $100 million this year in seven competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, as his super PAC works to counteract a flood of conservative spending by the Koch brothers. NextGen Climate Action said it plans to spend at least $50 million contributed by founder Tom Steyer, a retired hedge fund manager and longtime Democratic donor, and another $50 million the group is seeking to...
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Billionaire environmentalist wants California to enact 'extraction tax' on energy companies
2014-04-09 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is lobbying for a new law in California that would force energy companies to share as much as $2 billion of the states oil wealth with residents. The proceeds would come from an extraction tax -- fees producers would pay on their crude oil output. Similar taxes already exist in most major drilling states such as Texas and North Dakota, with California a longtime holdout. The tax might be used to pay a dividend directly to California residents, such...
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Environmentalist Democratic Donor Plays Hardball Over Keystone
2014-02-14 21:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Wealthy environmentalist and political donor Tom Steyer is causing anxiety for Democrats by campaigning to kill the Keystone XL pipeline and criticizing Democrats who support it, according to Democratic lawmakers and campaign consultants. But party leaders aren't giving Mr. Steyer the cold shoulder. Next week he will host a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser for environmental alliance candidates at his home in San Francisco. Then he will fly to Washington, D.C., to moderate a...
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