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Super-rich Qatar delivers target-free UN climate pledge
2015-11-20 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Qatar said it is braced for sea-level rise as the planet overheats, but will not accept carbon-cutting policies as they would risk its oil-based wealth. That was the message of the country with the highest per capita income in the world and host of the 2012 UN climate summit as it submitted a non-committal pledge to a climate rescue pact on Friday. The leading natural gas exporter said national policies to prune carbon emissions may negatively impact the strength of Qatars economy and potentially...
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Republicans ransom US Green Fund pledge ahead of Paris climate summit
2015-11-20 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Republicans are grappling to erode US climate credibility ahead of December`s Paris climate conference as payback for their exclusion from negotiations by President Barack Obama. GOP senators are taking ransom a US$3 billion pledge to the UNs flagship Green Climate Fund which helps developing countries tackle climate change. Unless the Republican-dominated Senate gets a vote on an anticipated new climate agreement, it wont release the $500 million first tranche. Americas contribution...
U.S. executives pledge stock for loans, raise margin call concern
2015-11-17 17:06:23| Air Courier - Topix.net
Co-founder and Chief Executive of Oracle Corporation, Larry Ellison introduces the company's latest SPARC servers at Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California March 26, 2013. Co-founder and Chief Executive of Oracle Corporation, Larry Ellison introduces the company's latest SPARC servers at Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California March 26, 2013.
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UNESCO, IUCN and WWF welcome new no-go pledge for World Heritage sites by Tullow Oil
2015-11-13 12:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: UNESCOs World Heritage Centre and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on natural World Heritage, and WWF have all welcomed a new commitment by British company Tullow Oil plc to stay out of World Heritage sites. The firm had received a licence to explore for oil in an area overlapping Kenyas World Heritage-listed Lake Turkana National Parks. The World Heritage Committee appealed to Tullow in 2012 and 2013 to subscribe to no-go in World Heritage sites,...
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Mike and Alice Jackson announce $1 million pledge to support NSU's cancer research
2015-11-12 06:48:41| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
For Mike and Alice Jackson, cancer is personal; so much so that they are joining with Nova Southeastern University researchers in the fight against one of the nation's deadliest diseases. The Jacksons announced today a $1 million personal pledge to support NSU's cancer research.
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