by tono | Sep 25, 2014 | News, North America, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
The divestment movement gathered speed this week, as the day before the UN Climate Summit in New York, Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced it would divest from fossil fuel investments. The Rockefeller fortune which was founded in oil is worth $860million, 7% of which...
by tono | Sep 23, 2014 | Our History
Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner speaks on behalf of civil society during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Leaders Summit in New York City. Watch the video
by tono | Sep 23, 2014 | Features, Justice, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Ban Ki-moon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore kicked off this morning’s UN Climate Leaders Summit with strong calls for climate action, but it was a mother’s poem to her six-month-old daughter that triggered a standing ovation from the United Nations General Assembly....
by tono | Sep 22, 2014 | Features, Governments, News, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
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by tono | Sep 22, 2014 | Energy, News, Pollution/Health, Posts, Regions, Topics, Types
Coal companies are on track to waste $112 billion of investors’ money on mine expansion that will be excess to requirements as China’s slowing demand for the fuel sends shockwaves across the world. That’s the warning of new analysis from the Carbon Tracker Initiative,...
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