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Public opposition has cost tar sands industry $17bn, says report
2014-11-03 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-tar sands campaigns have cost the industry a staggering $17bn (11bn) in lost revenues, and helped to push it onto the backfoot, according to a study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), and Oil Change International. Another $13.8bn has been lost to transportation bottlenecks and the flood of cheap crude coming from shale oil fields, says the Material Risks report, which presents the first quantification of the impact that environmental campaigners have had...
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United Kingdom: People living near windfarms to be offered stakes from 5 to counter opposition
2014-11-03 06:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: People living near new windfarms will be able to buy a stake in them for as little as 5 under new plans, as part of a fightback by industry to win over opponents of wind turbines. In a report produced for the Liberal Democrat energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, renewable energy trade bodies, community energy groups and academics say that major future wind and solar farms should give communities the chance to invest and own as much as a quarter of projects. Onshore windfarms have proved...
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Ingesting the Opposition - Week 9: Barrel House Distilling Co.
2014-10-22 12:11:31| Agriculture - Topix.net
Before Mississippi State and Kentucky start giving one another the business on Saturday, kneel at the alter of bluegrass distillation by imbibing small batch spirits from Lexington's very own Barrel House Distilling Co. As you meander down the aisles of your local liquor store, a multitude of possibilities unfold in your mind.
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New German Textile Alliance faces industry opposition
2014-10-17 15:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Germany this week launched an alliance of industry groups to work towards concrete improvements in social and environmental standards in the textile and apparel industry - but has faced refusals to join by some organisations.
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Big Soda Is Outspending Its Opposition 10-to-1 to Fight a Soda Tax in Berkeley
2014-10-14 19:38:56| Beverages - Topix.net
Drive around the streets of Berkeley, California and you'll see "Yes on Measure D" signs everywhere. This morning, on the one-mile drive to my daughter's elementary school, she and I counted ten.
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