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3 Presidential Candidates Shun Fossil Fuel Funding
2015-07-09 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Three of the candidates in the 2016 presidential race have pledged to shun campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry. Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley and Green Party candidate Jill Stein have agreed to a pledge from The Nation magazine that states: "In the name of protecting our country and the world from the growing dangers of climate change, I will neither solicit nor accept campaign contributions from any oil, gas, or coal company." The Nation called on candidates...
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Are Third-Party Candidates for President Possible in 2016?
2015-06-22 15:34:35| IT Services - Topix.net
Could there be four candidates for president on your ballot in November, 2016? It has been more than 20 years since Ross Perot ran as an independent candidate in 1992, and even longer since John Anderson challenged Ronald Reagan, but Atlanta lawyer and Republican National Committeeman Randy Evans floats the possibility of a four way race in a recent opinion piece he wrote for the Atlanta Business Chronicle. In the Democratic Party, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the Democratic nomination frontrunner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Lindsey Graham Calls Out Fellow Republican Candidates Over Climate Change Views
2015-06-08 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: In an interview Sunday with CNN`s "State of the Union," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continued to distance himself from the growing field of GOP presidential candidates when it comes to climate change and environmental policy. "If Im president of the United States, were going to address climate change, CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way," Graham said during the interview, noting that he does "believe that climate change is real." The interview was taped Saturday in Boone, Iowa, where...
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2 Paper Industry Buyout Candidates With Activist Backing
2015-06-03 17:33:55| Paper - Topix.net
Spinning off real estate and forming REITs is a top play in the activist playbook. In a way, they are the new MLPs, where last year there was a lot of excitement in the paper industry - the idea being that these companies could spinoff paper mills in to an MLP structure.
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Tom Steyer aims get GOP candidates on the record on climate
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer said he does not support any of the Republican candidates for president but that its still important to get involved in the primary campaign. Steyer told Gwen Ifill of PBS "NewsHour" that he would be thrilled if a Republican candidate ended up being stronger than a Democrat on the climate change and energy issues that he cares about, but none of the declared or potential candidates in the GOP field for 2016 have indicated as much. But were seeing the...
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