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United Kingdom: Renewable energy target calls for 1,000 new wind turbines, inquiry told
2015-05-19 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: To meet the recently struck renewable energy target figure of 33,000 gigawatt hours 1,000 wind turbines would need to be built, a Senate inquiry has been told. The government and Labor reached a compromise on Monday on the 2020 target, dropping it from its original 41,000 GwH figure to 33,000. The Coalition agreed to scrap plans for a biennial review of the target, which had been a sticking point. The government-funded clean energy regulator will monitor the progress made towards reaching the...
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United Kingdom: Students protest against Edinburgh University rejection divestment
2015-05-13 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Over 30 students have begun an occupation of the University of Edinburghs finance department in protest at Tuesdays decision by the university court not to divest from fossil fuels. Student campaigners entered the secured lobby area of Charles Stewart House on Chambers Street, which houses the finance department, just after midday on Wednesday. Security staff are so far allowing them to remain and display their banners. The protesters describe their action as a response to the universitys...
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United Kingdom: Why Univ of Edinburgh will not divest from all fossil fuels
2015-05-12 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: How universities invest their endowment funds is not normally headline news. But universities have found themselves in an unaccustomed spotlight over the last few months as student campaigners have called on them to withdraw their investments from companies involved in the extraction of fossil fuels. That spotlight can feel harsh when media debate takes an easy, black and white line: are they divesting, or are they not? When we looked at this over the last few months at the University of Edinburgh...
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United Kingdom: Edinburgh University refuses to divest from fossil fuels
2015-05-12 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Student campaigners at Edinburgh University have accused staff of being in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry after the University Court refused to divest from fossil fuels, despite recommendations to pull the plug on investments in coal and tar sands. The university court, the highest decision making body in the university, was criticised on Tuesday by students, who say that it has ignored calls from students, staff and alumni to divest from fossil fuel companies. Students also accused...
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United Kingdom: Green groups welcome Amber Rudd's appointment as climate secretary
2015-05-11 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The promotion of the former climate change minister Amber Rudd to secretary of state for energy and climate change has been welcomed by green business groups and campaigners. David Camerons appointment of Rudd to the cabinet is seen as reaffirming the environmental credentials that many saw the prime minister as having abandoned. Greenpeace said it was hopeful about the appointment, while the Renewable Energy Associations chief executive, Nina Skorupska, said: Rudd has been a champion of...
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