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Indonesias big promise
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: In a rare display of common sense, countries of the world are expressing their confidence in science. From Charles, the Prince of Wales, to US President Barack Obama, from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Chinese President Xi Jinping, all are professing their belief that unless the countries of the world agree to cap the rise of the earths surface temperature to no more than 2° Celsius, we are heading toward planetary doom. In his speech to the climate talks in Paris at COP21 last week, Obama,...
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For big business seeking CO2 emissions price, ray of hope from Paris
2015-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: For the most part, big business wanted one thing from the climate accord in Paris on Saturday: a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While on the surface their hopes were dashed, looking deeper may give them cause for hope. Multinational companies from oil giant BP to consumer products maker Unilever have called for a globally agreed way of pricing emissions of CO2 - the gas most widely blamed for global warming - to create an incentive for power plants and factories to shift to cleaner forms...
Big Y completes renovations at Worcester store
2015-12-13 15:06:03| Grocery - Topix.net
Big Y Foods Inc. has completed the renovations of its store at 100 Mayfield St. The $2 million project began in September and included all areas of the 53,961-square-foot store, including many new additions in response to changing customer needs. Big Y is looking to hire 15 new full-time employees as a result of these improvements.
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Paris accord big win for Obama, climate dangers still loom
2015-12-12 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: On this unseasonably mild December Saturday in Washington, President Barack Obama had reason to bask in the sun. Across the Atlantic, international climate negotiators in Paris were poised to approve an agreement that owed much of its success to the willingness of the U.S. president to take on congressional Republicans and fossil-fuel-industry executives on an issue that consistently ranks among the lowest priorities for American voters. Though the international agreement still leaves the world...
Bolivian indigenous group wins big prize for reducing deforestation
2015-12-12 08:03:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Tacana have legally secured legal rights to more than 389,000 hectares of their traditional land in the mega-biodiverse Madidi region of northwestern Bolivia. Their sustainable land-management strategies have resulted in four times less deforestation than in areas outside their bounds. This year's Equator Prizes were awarded to just 21 of 1,461 nominations, for efforts to prevent deforestation. The Tacana, a Bolivian indigenous group, have spent years developing sustainable land-use...
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