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Bernie Sanders urges carbon tax and deeper emissions cuts in climate plan
2015-12-07 06:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bernie Sanders will unveil a sweeping new plan to fight climate change on Monday, calling for a carbon tax and an ambitious 40% cut in carbon emissions by 2030 to speed the transition to a greener economy. The Democratic presidential candidate will use the crunch week of the climate change meeting in Paris to try to upstage rivals Hillary Clinton and Martin OMalley, releasing a 16-page plan aimed at showcasing his green credentials. The plan goes beyond Barack Obamas climate pledges, which...
Al Gore has done more harm than good battling climate change
2015-12-07 05:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYSE Post: One might think Gore was out of his flipping gourd. I thought he was magnificent. Cracked -- but more entertaining than a zombie apocalypse. But it was a terrifyingly wimpy Gore, now 67, who joined scene-making leftist celebrities (Sean Penn) and world leaders at the UN climate summit outside Paris, now entering its second week. In an interview last month with The Associated Press, the former doomsayer used terms such as, Im optimistic, and, Were going to win this -- at least 16 times...
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Xerox Recognized By CDP For Climate Change Transparency
2015-12-07 03:00:30| pollutiononline News Articles
CDP, an international environmental organization, has named Xeroxas a leader in providing reliable information about carbon emissions and energy use to investors and the global marketplace
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Panama jungle island is nerve center for climate researchers
2015-12-07 01:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: In a manmade lake in the Panama Canal sits an island whose compact jungle is teeming with researchers studying biodiversity and climate change -- a tropical outcrop hailed as vital for understanding the world's forests. Barro Colorado Island is 15.6 square kilometers (six square miles), roughly four times the size of New York's Central Park. Located in Gatun Lake, created in the early 20th century, it is run by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and currently boasts 350 scientific...
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Monsanto Takes Action To Fight Climate Change With Carbon Neutral Crop Production Program
2015-12-07 01:31:47| pollutiononline News Articles
As agriculture and farmers around the world work to mitigate and adapt to the complex challenges posed by climate change, Monsanto Company recently announced plans to make its operations carbon neutral by 2021 through a unique program targeted across its seed and crop protection operations, as well as through collaboration with farmers
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