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I Say Good Day to You, Sir
Brit scientists tell Exxon to stop the poppycock and folderol |
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20 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| I Say Good Day to You, Sir Brit scientists tell Exxon to stop the poppycock and folderol In a highly unusual move, Britain's top scientific body earlier this month sent a letter to ExxonMobil -- since leaked to the press -- calling on the oil giant to stop lying ... er, misrepresenting the science of climate change, and to stop funding other organizations that do so. Based on what he call ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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What's Methane, Chopped Liver?
Conservative think tank launches climate-skeptic TV ads |
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19 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What's Methane, Chopped Liver? Conservative think tank launches climate-skeptic TV ads "Carbon dioxide: They call it pollution; we call it life." Nope, not a story in The Onion. That's the punch line of two TV ads that the industry-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute began airing in 14 U.S. cities yesterday, timed to correspond with the big-screen debut of Al Gore's climate-change movie An ... |
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Ford Too Shall TerraPass
Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions |
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26 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Ford Too Shall TerraPass Ford teams up with TerraPass to help drivers offset emissions Like the man said, the times they are a-changin'. Slowly, but a-changin' nonetheless. Ford Motor Co., manufacturer of all things carbon-emitting, is partnering with TerraPass, a carbon-offset company. Tomorrow, Ford is expected to announce a new "Greener Miles" program, where ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Meet the New Boss, Slightly Less Irascible Than the Old Boss
New Exxon chair mouths same old wheeze in a breezier style |
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30 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Meet the New Boss, Slightly Less Irascible Than the Old Boss New Exxon chair mouths same old wheeze in a breezier style Watch for new ExxonMobil Chair Rex Tillerson to lighten up the company's communication style, but don't expect any substantial changes in how the world's largest publicly traded petro-corp responds to global warming. "We recognize that climate change is a serious is ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Do You CEO What I CEO?
American firms lag on addressing climate-change risks, study finds |
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22 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Do You CEO What I CEO? American firms lag on addressing climate-change risks, study finds Looking for a smart 21st-century investment strategy? Consider how 100 of the world's largest companies are preparing to compete in a "carbon-constrained world." A new report from Ceres, a coalition of environmentalists and institutional investors, concludes that European and Asian firms o ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, United States (all these topics) |
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It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping!
Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes |
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12 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping! Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes Consider the algae. Three years ago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology rocket scientist Isaac Berzin had an idea: use the slimy plants to clean up emissions from power plants. Today, at a power plant next to MIT, tubes of healthy algae slurp up 40 percent of carbon dioxide and 86 perc ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Let's Take This Slow on the Road
Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Let's Take This Slow on the Road Campaign by right-wing U.S. group aims to derail E.U. climate policy American lobbyist Chris Horner is trying to convince major European companies to join a campaign against the Kyoto Protocol and any future such strategies to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases -- but he's not making much headway. Horner is a senior fellow at the Compe ... |
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| Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, European Union, news, United States (all these topics) |
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What Pricey Glory
Carbon sequestration a pricey but feasible way to curb global warming |
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29 Sep 2005 |
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| What Pricey Glory Carbon sequestration a pricey but feasible way to curb global warming Carbon sequestration -- capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions -- isn't a cheap or easy solution to global warming, but it's doable. A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds that with major investments, up to 40 percent of CO2 emissions from large industrial facilities around the ... |
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