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Time for divestment and oil subsidy campaigns to join forces?

2016-06-23 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: Despite the Paris pledge to limit global warming to well below 2C, large amounts of both public and private money continue to flow into the fossil fuel industry. The Paris Agreement refers only tangentially those financial flows even a reference to high-emission investments was cut. And only 13 countries mentioned fossil fuel subsidy reform in their national pledges. Yet outside of the UN climate talks, two different campaigns are shedding light on fossil fuel finance, and pushing to...

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EU referendum: Campaigns resume with new warning

2016-06-19 14:28:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

George Osborne says Brexit would be a "one-way door" to an uncertain world - but Leave says the UK could thrive outside the EU.

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Ellen DeGeneres campaigns for Great Barrier Reef protection video

2016-06-08 03:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In a message for Australia, the actor and chatshow host says shes a big fan of your beautiful, great, wonderful Great Barrier Reef, which is home to my favourite fish, Dory. The video is part of the Remember the Reef campaign that coincides with the release of her latest film, Finding Dory. DeGeneres provides the voice of Dory in the sequel to 2003s critically acclaimed Finding Nemo. Disney will work with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef marine park authority to help...

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Australia's 7.5m tonnes of food waste: can 'ugly food' campaigns solve the problem?

2016-06-06 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Would you drink water made from food waste? You could soon be doing just that, thanks to an innovation that is not only promising to help in the race to find sustainable sources of drinking water, but also in the battle against food waste. AquaBotanical is a new bottled water made from a byproduct of the fruit and vegetable industries. According to the waters creator, industrial chemist Dr Bruce Kambouris, the inspiration for the product came about after working with fruit juice companies....

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