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Insurance companies taking too big a risk on fossil fuels, report says
2016-05-24 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US insurance industry, the countrys second largest institutional investor in oil, gas and coal with $459bn in fossil fuel investments, needs to divest or face serious threats to its financial stability, according to a report released Tuesday. The report, funded by Ceres, a Boston-based sustainability advocacy group, analyzes investment data from the countrys 40 largest insurance companies, including Prudential, AIG, Metlife, State Farm and Allstate. The report doesnt quantify the potential...
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'Biodegradable' Plastics Are A Big Fat Lie
2016-05-24 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A prediction that the world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050 is likely to intensify the push for sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives. Biodegradable plastics have long been touted as a "greener" technology, but a new report from the United Nations says these plastics do little, if anything, to actually protect the planet and marine creatures. "Plastics marked as 'biodegradable' do not degrade rapidly in the ocean," says the report, published Monday. The...
A big majority of Australians say Malcolm Turnbull is doing little or nothing about climate change
2016-05-24 06:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: Climate change has featured little in federal election campaign so far but the new poll results point to widespread voter dissatisfaction with current policies. In Australia, just 4 per cent said the government was doing "a great deal" to address climate change and 19 per cent said it was doing "a fair amount." But more than half (52 per cent) said the government was doing not very much and 14 per cent nothing at all. The results were consistent across Australian age groups and income groups...
Global big data revenues to hit $187bn in 2019
2016-05-24 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
IDC predicts U.S., Western Europe will be two biggest markets for big data and business analytics.
OSHA's Final Rule on Tracking Workplace Injuries, Illnesses Creates Big Data
2016-05-23 22:36:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
OSHA has issued a final rule in revising its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation, causing a bit of negative response from the industry. read more
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