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Exxon investors seek assurance as climate shifts, along with attitudes
2016-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Exxon Mobil has been under pressure for over a year to explain its handling of climate change issues in the past. Now the company faces new pressure to explain its future, particularly how it will change in response to a warming world. At the companys planned annual meeting on Wednesday in Dallas, shareholders will vote on a resolution to prod Exxon Mobil to disclose the risks of climate change to its business. Such resolutions have been floated before, and they typically do not pass. But...
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Bangladeshs urban slums swell with climate migrants
2016-05-24 14:06:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press: Abdul Aziz, 35, arrived in the capital Dhaka in 2006 after losing all his belongings to the mighty Meghna River. Once, he and his family had lived happily in the village of Dokkhin Rajapur in Bhola, a coastal district of Bangladesh. Aziz had a beautiful house and large amount of arable land. But riverbank erosion snatched away his household and all his belongings. Now he lives with his four-member family, including his 70-year-old mother, in the capital`s Malibagh slum. "Once we had huge arable...
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House debate to feature rifts over renewables, climate
2016-05-24 14:06:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The House could pass a $37.4 billion fiscal 2017 energy and water spending bill later this week, but only after partisan fights over renewable energy and climate change policies, and possible amendments related to the California drought and Flint water crisis. The legislation, H.R. 5055, heads to the Rules Committee this evening and should be on the floor by midweek. It will be the second spending bill the House has taken up this year. The Senate passed its own $37.5 billion version of the...
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For Trump, denying risks of climate change is a losing stance
2016-05-24 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Clinton, Trump disliked by majority of Americans Even in defeat, Trump could harm the country irreparably For Trump, denying risks of climate change is a losing stance MORE and the rest of the Republican Party are in danger of ignoring an important global trend: Politicians who deny the risks of climate change are losing power to those who adopt a less reckless approach to greenhouse gas pollution. The presumptive Republican nominee has taken an extreme and unscientific position on global warming....
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Nauru president: UN must appoint a climate and security envoy
2016-05-24 12:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: As leaders discuss complex problems at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Baron Waqa calls for focus on global warming threats A refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria: climate stresses can be linked to conflict Ban Ki-moon has issued a bold challenge to leaders at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. The UN secretary general is calling for concrete actions and commitments to advance his five responsibilities for addressing the emerging humanitarian crises of our generation. The responsibilities...
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