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Spurred by Paris, shareholder climate resolutions reach new high
2016-03-11 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Corporate shareholders this year filed more resolutions specific to climate change with U.S. companies than ever before, according to a new report on stockholder engagement. The study by a coalition of investment analysts found that 94 such proposals -- covering issues from urging greenhouse gas emissions mitigation efforts to demanding the use of more renewable energy -- accounted for about 40 percent of all active resolutions related to the environment or social issues. "Climate change is...
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10:01 Climate change in Mongolia destroying pastures
2016-03-11 06:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aki Press: 7360 Mongolian pastureland is dwindling rapidly as the country is beset by a cycle of drought and harsh winter that is killing off livestock in droves, reports The Guardian. The summer ends early now and the fall is short and dry. Then theres the long winter, said Daashka, a 19-year-old herder who uses just one name and lives in the central Ulziit region. The familys herd, mostly sheep and goats, has shrunk from about 1,000 animals to 600, Daashka said, leaning against the motorbike on an exposed...
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Republican debate: Candidates talk climate change
2016-03-11 06:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: With Thursday night's GOP debate set in Miami, where concerns about rising sea levels and the effects of climate change are more acute than in many parts of the country, moderator Jake Tapper asked the Republican candidates to outline their position on climate change. The question came from Miami Mayor Tomás Pedro Regalado. Here's what Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich said when they were asked about the issue--and how businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz feel about...
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Republican candidates skirt surprise climate change question at debate
2016-03-11 05:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The subject of climate change was raised on Thursday at the Republican debate in Miami a city with pressing concerns about its effects. Marco Rubio, the Florida senator fighting strongly on home ground as he sought to revive his presidential campaign, was asked: Will you acknowledge the reality of the scientific consensus of climate change? Rubio said: Sure, the climate is changing There was never a time when the climate was not changing. But Rubio then said flooding in south Florida...
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U.S., Canada Announce Shared Goals For Fighting Climate Change
2016-03-11 05:17:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk from the Oval Office to a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday. Canada and the U.S. have announced a cooperative plan to tackle climate change by cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, investing in clean energy research and reducing future hydrofluorocarbon use.
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