Tag: climate change
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5 Ways to Mobilize Private Investment to Tackle Climate Change
By Shilpa Patel and Giulia Christianson One day after the momentous inauguration of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) earlier this month, World Resources Institute (WRI), Ministry of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea and Korea Capital Market Institute co-hosted the Climate Finance and Private Sector: Investing in New Opportunities conference. More than 250 people—drawn from Korean and international business, finance, government…
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Climate Change Activist Parker Liautaud 100 Miles From World Record
Parker Liautaud trudged through some of the snowiest scenery on the planet for 11 hours, but his upbeat nature this morning would have been easy to confuse with somebody relaxing in Palo Alto, CA, where he was born. The 19-year-old is on the 13th day of the 2013 Willis Resilience Expedition, which is quest to bring awareness…
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Pennsylvania Regulators Fast Track Coal Ash Disposal Plans Despite Flaws
By Sharon Kelly Across the U.S., the shale rush has unleashed a frenzy of excitement about domestic energy supplies. But the oil and gas produced from fracking comes along with billions of gallons of wastewater and tons of mud and rock that carry radioactive materials and heavy metals. As problems with disposal mount, the industry has offered…
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Protestors Block Fracking Site With Giant Wind Turbine Blade
At 5.30 this morning, fifty people blocked the entrance to IGas’s exploratory drilling site in Barton Moss with a giant wind turbine blade. The campaigners arrived at the site in Salford in Greater Manchester, proceeded to unload and assemble the 17-meter blade from its three component segments. They were spotted by a security guard who…
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ALEC Calls for ‘Guerilla Warfare’ in Weakening Carbon Emissions Standards
By Aliya Haq The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a clandestine network of corporations and conservative state lawmakers, had its annual “policy summit” last week in Washington, D.C. The group held a special session to discuss upcoming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon-pollution standards for power plants. According to reports, ALEC members and industry lawyers…