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Politics: Offshore drilling opponents see victory in city election
2015-11-05 20:56:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters in the city of Georgetown elected three Democratic candidates to City Council this week after members of a local environmental group campaigned for them on the basis of their opposition to offshore oil drilling in the Atlantic.
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In 'Soda Politics,' Big Soda At Crossroads Of Profit And Public Health
2015-10-28 12:33:47| Beverages - Topix.net
Soda sales have been flattening, but the industry has stepped up marketing and lobbying, according to Marion Nestle in Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda . Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle , one of the most dogged chroniclers of the U.S. food industry and its politics, did.
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Cheap Oil And Party Politics May Kill Keystone XL
2015-10-21 18:57:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Keystone XL oil pipeline remains a key issue in the presidential primaries, but cheap crude oil, shifting politics in Canada and global warming fears may kill the project. Oil prices are stuck below $50 a barrel and production has dropped across Canada, including in the province of Alberta where support is crucial for Keystone XL, reports The Los Angeles Times.
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Activists say solar can power India, but politics and economics of coal win out
2015-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: One year ago, environmentalists hailed this tiny village as the future of clean energy in rural India. Today, it is powered by coal. Dharnai, a community of about 3,200 people in eastern India's Bihar state, had been without electricity for three decades. So when activists with Greenpeace set up a solar-powered microgrid in July of 2014, the excitement was palpable. But, residents said, the problems started almost immediately. Greater Expectations: The New Geopolitics of Climate Change exposes...
Stephen Harpers politics put Canada to shame: dont be distracted by them
2015-10-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ask Canadians about the most pressing issues facing their country and, alongside concerns about the economy and healthcare, they will inevitably raise the need for action on climate change. And no wonder: British Columbia and the Prairies were in the grips of a serious drought this summer and, only weeks after our election, world leaders will head to Paris to try to come up with a serious plan to stop global warming. Yet, encouraged by Conservative leader Stephen Harper, much of the election debate...
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