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Coal in Poland Lowering Life Spans
2015-06-08 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The children Karolina Zolna knows huff and puff after a few minutes of exercise. Two years ago, her infant daughter spent four months in the hospital with pneumonia. The doctors did not identify a cause, but to Ms. Zolna, the reason for the babys illness was obvious. She blames the pollution that hangs heavy in the air of her gray hometown in Polands coal heartland, Silesia. In the still-chilly early days of spring, thick smoke wafted from most of the chimneys in Myslowice, wreathing the town...
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Norway Parliament Votes to Cut Coal Investments
2015-06-08 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Norway's parliament voted on Friday to reduce coal investments by its $880 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, in a decision hailed by environmentalists as a model to help slow climate change. Under the unanimous deal, the fund will sell all shares in companies that get more than 30 percent of their turnover or activity from coal. The right-wing government and the fund itself will have to work out exact definitions. Environmentalists hailed the vote, mainly targeting mining...
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Five G7 nations increased their coal use over a five-year period, research shows
2015-06-08 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Five of the worlds seven richest countries have increased their coal use in the last five years despite demanding that poor countries slash their carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, new research shows. Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and France together burned 16% more coal in 2013 than 2009 and are planning to further increase construction of coal-fired power stations. Only the US and Canada of the G7 countries meeting on Monday in Berlin have reduced coal consumption since...
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Norways pension fund to divest from coal
2015-06-08 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Norways sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has confirmed it will divest from coal. The move comes after the fund faced increasing pressure from the fossil fuel divestment movement. The $900 billion (590bn) government fund will sell off stocks in companies that generate more than 30% of their output or revenue from coal. Companies with coal projects in development that would see them cross the 30% threshold will also be included in the divestment process. The stakes in the companies...
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Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman's attack on coal leaves politicians fuming
2015-06-08 08:57:28| Energy - Topix.net
Speaking at the World Gas conference, Peter Coleman said the gas industry had been "too timid to aggressively address the shortcomings of coal". Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman's very public attack on coal last week in Paris has left politicians and industry executives fuming, with shadow resources minister Gary Gray labelling it "not wise".
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