"UN Climate Summit: China Pledges Emissions Action"
"China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world's highest, would soon peak."
Source: BBC News, 09/24/2014
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"Hollande Says France To Offer $1 Billion To Climate Fund for Poor"
"French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday announced that France will contribute $1 billion to a near-empty global fund to help poor countries adapt to the effects of climate change as he addressed the United Nation's summit on climate change."
Source: Reuters, 09/24/2014
"Obama Presses Chinese on Global Warming"
"UNITED NATIONS — President Obama, emboldened by his use of executive powers to fight climate change at home, challenged China on Tuesday to make the same effort to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions and join a worldwide campaign to curb global warming."
Source: NY Times, 09/24/2014
Mexico Warns of Spilled Mine Contaminants in River Flowing Into Arizona
"TUCSON, Ariz. — Authorities are testing water from the San Pedro River in southern Arizona that may be contaminated with toxic waste that traveled north after a massive copper mine spill in Mexico this summer."
Source: AP, 09/23/2014
"Watchdog Warns Nuke Weapon Sites at Risk From Natural Disasters"
"A nuclear watchdog is warning about "shortcomings" in emergency preparedness at nuclear weapons facilities around the country."
Source: The Hill, 09/23/2014
Google To Cut Ties With Rightwing Lobby Group Over Climate 'Lies'
"The internet giant Google has announced it is to sever its ties with an influential rightwing lobbying network, the American Legislative Exchange Council, accusing it of 'lying' about climate change."
Source: Guardian, 09/23/2014
"Pomp, Little Action Expected At UN Climate Summit"
"New York City will be full of planet-saving pomp this coming week, but short on action to rescue the world."
Source: Reuters, 09/23/2014
"Six Energy Firms to Sign Pact to Cut Methane Emissions"
"NEW YORK -- Six international energy companies have agreed to work to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in partnership with more than a dozen national governments through a new United Nations framework, according to executives and officials familiar with the program."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/23/2014
U.S. Energy Infrastructure Revamp May Unlock $6 Trillion Market: Kerry
"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the United States could potentially unlock a $6 trillion energy market by revamping the country's fractured electricity grid, a move that he said would boost the competitiveness of renewable energy."
Source: Reuters, 09/23/2014
Philanthropies And Investors Pledge $50 Billion Fossil Fuel Divestment
"The Rockefellers, who made their vast fortune on oil, and other philanthropies and high-wealth individuals on Monday will announce pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments."
Source: Reuters, 09/23/2014
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