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Day two on the coal occupation in Italy. In Marghera, near Venice, the occupation continues, with activists on the coal conveyor and the chimney painting ‘G8: LEAD OR LOSE’. More activists are also occupying the cranes on the wharf, stopping a coal ship – the Bulk Brasil – from unloading its cargo from South Africa.
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We need tosee real action from world leaders this year if we are going to save ourclimate. That’s why over 100 Greenpeace activists from 15 countriesoccupied four coal-fired power stations across Italy today and they’re demandingthat the G8 Heads of State take decisive leadership on climate change. [...]
In its 2008 corporate sustainability report, UPS sets a hard target for emissions reductions in what it says is the world’s ninth-largest airline, and lays out how a steady focus on efficiency is trimming the company’s footprint.
San Francisco has adopted what may be the country’s first county food policy that aims to improve access to healthy food while supporting local agriculture and reducing shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Farm state politicians, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have sold biofuels to rest of us as a way to revive rural America, attack the problem of global warming and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. In response, investors and taxpayers have poured many millions of dollars into corn ethanol. But returns have been skimpy, says a [...]
Developing countries agreed last night to limit the rise in global temperatures due to climate change but rejected pleas by rich nations to sign up to a specific target to cut their carbon emissions.
9 July: Climate change has little influence on the investment decisions made by equity fund managers, according to a report which revealed a seven-fold difference in the carbon footprints of UK-based equity funds.