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us/Financing Climate Action Among Major Concerns in First Week of COP20 Climate Negotiations
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How to finance a global shift away from toxic greenhouse gases caused by burning fossil fuels was one of the key talking points during the first week of the annual United Nations climate change con...
us/G20 Governments are Spending $88B Each Year to Explore for New Fossil Fuels. Imagine if Those Subsidies Went to Renewable Energy?
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Rich G20 nations are spending about $88 billion (USD) each year to find new coal, oil and gas reserves even though most reserves can never be developed if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate...
us/Canada Urged to Prepare for 'Climate Migrants' in Warming World: New Report
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In a sign of things to come, a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ottawa should create a new “climate migrants” immigration class to prepare for the inflow of people fleeing...
us/The EU’s New Climate Commitments Make Canada and the U.S. Look Ridiculous
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The European Union has reached a new legally-binding climate change agreement that would see greenhouse gas emissions drop by at least 40 per cent of 1990 levels by 2030. The agreement, signed off ...
us/“Citizen Interventions” Have Cost Canada’s Tar Sands Industry $17B, New Report Shows
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Oil companies and fossil fuel investors seeking further developments in the Alberta tar sands have been dealt another setback with the publication of a report showing producers lost $17.1 billion U...
us/In Starkest Warning Yet, IPCC Calls on Politicians To Rapidly Transition to Renewables to Avoid Climate Disaster
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In its starkest warning yet about the challenges facing humanity, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Sunday humans are responsible for all of the planet’s warming since 1951. The F...
us/World’s Major Banks Poured Over $80 Billion into Coal Last Year Alone
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At least $83 billion USD in financing was provided to 65 coal mining and energy companies last year by 92 of the world’s leading commercial banks, according to a Dutch report published Wednesday. L...
us/Canadian Corporations Spent Over $15M Lobbying U.S. Government in 2014, Report
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As the mid-term elections in the United States continue to heat up, a new report released Wednesday shows that Canadian corporations have registered at least $15.3 million USD in spending on direct...
us/Wind Power Could Supply 25% of Global Electricity By 2050 — If Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Get in the Way
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Wind power has become so successful that it could provide 25 to 30 per cent of global electricity supply by mid-century if vested interests don’t get in the way, according to a new report published...
us/Fossil Fuel Lobby Spent $213 Million Last Year to Influence US, EU Politicians
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Fossil fuel industries spent an estimated $213 million lobbying U.S. and European Union decision makers last year, according to a new report published by Oxfam International on Friday. In the U.S. ...
us/Europe Poised to Press Ahead on Drastic Greenhouse Gas Reductions As Other Nations Lag Behind
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Pressure continues to grow for European politicians to agree to further reductions of greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2030. The European Union’s 2020 climate and energy package, which is b...
us/US Defense Secretary Hagel Outlines Military's Response to Climate Change "Threat Multiplier"
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While U.S. politicians continue to disagree on global warming and its potentially catastrophic consequences, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has just released a report saying climate change will have...
us/New Report: Who Will Pay for the Costs and Damages of Climate Change?
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Canadian oil and gas companies could be liable for billions of dollars of damages per year for their contribution to climate change caused by toxic greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study pu...
us/Tide Turning Against Global Coal Industry: New Report
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Coal, the fossil fuel that largely sparked the industrial revolution, may be facing the beginning of the end — at least in terms of generating electricity. There are increasing signs of the demise ...
us/Global Warming Pollution on the Rise, CO2 Set to Hit 40 Billion Tons in 2014
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 – reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes, according to a new report. The latest annu...
us/Doctors Remind Politicians of Health Consequences of Failure to Address Climate Change
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Vote-hungry politicians reluctant to act on climate change because they are beholden to the powerful fossil fuel sector just received a poor prognosis from the medical profession. Climate change is...
us/Institutional Investors Call For Price on Carbon, End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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More than 345 global institutional investors, which represent more than $24 trillion in assets, are calling on governments to put a price on carbon and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Governments ...
us/Australia Sea Level Rise Will Rack Up $200 Billion Bill by 2100
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Major coastal cities in Australia, that vast southern continent of perpetual surf, sun and endless barbeques, are facing a climate change bill of more than $203 billion in commercial, industrial an...
us/Future of Our Climate Depends on Next Fifteen Years of Investment, New Report States
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Investments in renewable energies and low-carbon infrastructure can help the environment and the economy at the same time, says a comprehensive new report released Tuesday. The report — Better Grow...
us/Speeding Up Renewable Energy Access Critical for Climate, Health and Economy: Report
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Renewable energies are increasingly seen as the best solution to a growing global population demanding affordable access to electricity while reducing the need for toxic fossil fuels that are creat...