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How Big Coal summoned Wall Street and faced a whirlwind
2016-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Over 40 years, West Virginias Hobet coal mine evolved from a family run upstart to a site bought and sold in a rapid corporate shuffle. The sites transformation symbolizes change in an industry once known for dangerous work, but now for corporate buyouts that have coal on the edge. ALKOL, West Virginia On the day Victor Clark retired after 26 years at the Hobet coal mine, the bosses called him to the office for a surprise. His wife, daughter, and sons Rocky and Tony, both miners, turned...
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Louisiana pols go to court blaming Big Oil for coastal ruin
2016-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared. But few politicians would blame Big Oil for ecosystem abuse in a state where the industry employs up to 300,000 people and injects $73 billion into the economy. Until now. Following the lead of Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana political orthodoxy is being turned upside-down as prominent leaders of both parties join lawsuits seeking billions of dollars for environmental improvement...
In Olympics opening ceremony, Brazil goes big on climate change
2016-08-06 04:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Amid the pomp and circumstance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday, in between the fireworks and musical acts, the costumed performers and the camera shots of Gisele Bundchen dancing giddily alongside her fellow Brazilians in the crowd, came a more somber message. In primetime, with the world watching, Brazil showed a video focused on the problem of global warming and climate change. The video, narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Judi Dench, included maps and graphics showing...
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Leonardo DiCaprios Climate-Change Acceptance Speech Had a Big Online Impact
2016-08-05 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NY Mag: Back in February, after Leonardo DiCaprio finally nabbed his elusive first Oscar for his role in The Revenant, he dedicated about half of his acceptance speech to the subject of climate change. It was: "Climate change is real - it is happening right now," he said. "It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating." Okay, whatever. Another celebrity with a cause. Except according to a new paper published in PlOS ONE, DiCaprio's...
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The Next Seven Big Beverage Markets
2016-08-05 16:09:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Nearly 15 years after the dawn of the BRIC economies was heralded, a number of developing nations around the world offer tantalising and lucrative growth prospects for international beverage businesse
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