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Tonga policy aims to build climate change resilience by 2035
2016-03-30 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Matangi: An ambitious National Climate Change Policy to build a Resilient Tonga by 2035 was launched by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Climate Change, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni in February. The policy aims for 100% renewable energy, and includes a mulititude of other goals that check boxes such as gender considerations and equity for disadvantaged groups, along with designing Category 5 cyclone resistant homes. He admitted that to aim for a Resilient Tonga by 2035 is an ambitious and a costly...
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Shareholders press Suncor on climate policy risk, lobbying activity
2016-03-16 23:33:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Shareholders are pushing Canada's dominant oilsands player to provide more detail on two sticky topics: its plans to thrive under tougher climate policy and its political lobbying. Separate shareholder proposals have been filed ahead of Suncor Energy's annual general meeting next month - with one greeted much more warmly than the other by the company.
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Ted Cruz listed as only climate policy 'hero' Koch brothers-backed group
2015-12-02 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A conservative group backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and their wealthy allies boasts a scorecard on its website that rates the presidential candidates based on their opposition to policies meant to tackle climate change, such as EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, a renewable fuels standard, and a tax credit that benefits wind energy. Texas senator Ted Cruz scored the highest rating on the American Energy Alliance site, which labelled him a hero due in part to his opposition...
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Shorten promises zero emissions climate change policy for Australia under Labor government
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Australia will aim for an ambitious net zero pollution target by 2050 under a Labor elected government, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has declared. The announcement came as Shorten also criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit for flying to Paris carrying Tony Abbotts climate-sceptic baggage. Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Shorten stated that Labor believed zero emissions...
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Alberta climate change policy to be released Sunday
2015-11-21 01:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Details of Alberta's new climate change policy will be released Sunday, one day before Premier Rachel Notley meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. Notley and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips have scheduled a news conference at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton. CBC will live stream the announcement. The prime minister has invited provincial and territorial leaders to Ottawa Monday to discuss Canada's climate change plans before an international climate...
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