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Envoys aim to surf wave of optimism at Paris climate talks
2015-11-27 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Just weeks after the terror attacks, Paris will soon be known as the place where world leaders stood on the right side of history. So said World Bank chief Jim Kim this week, one of an estimated 40,000 delegates who will cram into the French capitals bleak Le Bourget airfield next week for the UNs 2015 climate change summit. At stake is the transformation of the world economy away from fossil fuels to wind, solar, marine and as yet undiscovered forms of energy by 2100. The last time...
Oman completes $4.5b contract talks for plastics complex in Sohar
2015-11-27 05:40:07| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Musab Al Mahruqi, chief executive officer of Orpic, anticipates signing of the EPC contracts and financing agreements by the end of the year. - Times file picture MUSCAT: State-owned Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company has finalised negotiations with four preferred bidders for $4.5 billion worth of contracts to build a major plastic manufacturing unit called Liwa Plastic Industries Complex in Sohar.
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Pope: 'Catastrophic' climate if Paris UN talks fail
2015-11-27 03:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Pope Francis warned of a "catastrophic" outcome if vested interests block a binding agreement to tackle climate change at UN talks in Paris next week. "In a few days, an important meeting on climate change will be held in Paris... It would be sad - and I dare say even catastrophic - were particular interests to prevail over the common good and lead to manipulating information in order to protect their own plans and projects," the pontiff said on Thursday. The 78-year-old pope has taken on a...
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After Paris attacks, increased resolve for UN climate talks
2015-11-27 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Still gripped by shock and grief, Paris will play host to a long-awaited U.N. climate conference under tragic circumstances that none could have foreseen. But delegates to the two-week talks starting Monday insist they won't let the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital distract them from the task at hand: crafting a landmark deal to fight global warming. If anything, some say, the bloodshed could make countries more determined to reach a deal to address a problem that's...
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Hardy Oil in talks to acquire RILs 90% interest in offshore gas discovery in Gujarat, India
2015-11-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
UK-based Hardy Oil and Gas is in negotiations to acquire Reliance Industries' (RIL) complete 90% interest and operatorship in gas discovery block GS-01 on the western offshore in Gujarat, India.
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