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CP says consolidation 'inevitable'; won't confirm talks with U.S. railway
2015-11-17 20:48:10| Railroads - Topix.net
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says industry consolidation in North America is inevitable, amid reports that it has approached a U.S. rival about a potential merger. Chief operating officer Keith Creel declined to confirm it is eyeing Norfolk Southern, about a year after an overture to CSX Corp. ended without a deal.
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Paris climate talks will go on, organizers say
2015-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: After a wave of deadly terrorist attacks that killed 129 people in Paris Friday night, France says the climate summit scheduled for the end of November will go on as planned. The conference, taking place Nov. 30-Dec. 11, has been planned for Paris since November, 2013. The goal of the global meeting is to nail down a legally binding deal that will limit rising greenhouse gas emissions. And despite Frances worse mass casualty attack since World War II on Friday, the conference will be held because...
Thomas Piketty calls for investors to divest from fossil fuels ahead of climate talks
2015-11-16 05:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thomas Piketty has called for investors to move their money out of fossil fuels ahead of landmark UN climate change talks. The French economist, along with ecological economist Tim Jackson, authors of the respective bestselling books Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Prosperity Without Growth: economics for a finite planet, said that investors should divest from a sector with a business model at odds with physical realities. In a letter to the Guardian, they wrote: This is a rare...
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U.N.: Climate Talks Will Go On Despite Paris Attacks
2015-11-15 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: France will go forward with plans to host 40,000 people at a climate change conference in Paris at the end of the month despite the deadly coordinated attacks that killed nearly 130 people at restaurants, a soccer stadium and a concert hall last night, United Nations officials said. "COP21 is going ahead as planned," U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change spokesman Nick Nuttall said of the 21st Conference of the Parties expected to convene on Nov. 30. Nuttall noted that U.N. climate chief...
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Paris Climate Talks Will Not Be Canceled, Obama Will Attend
2015-11-14 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The day after a deadly attack in Paris killed more than 120 people, a senior French diplomatic source told Reuters that the "French government plans to go ahead with a climate change summit" the country is hosting at the end of the month. Thoughts and Prayers with #Paris. pic.twitter.com/mN8AskjPoE -- Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) November 14, 2015 The source told Reuters, when asked whether the high-profile meeting could be put off, the venue changed or canceled, "that is in no way under...
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