Wall Street's gradual green revolution
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Kofi Annan, Al Gore and media mogul-turned-philanthropists Ted Turner addressed some 400 institutional investors and business leaders at the United Nations in New York that the time had come for investment decisions to hinge on how willing a business is to prepare for climate change. The financial risk posed to businesses by climate change include possible costs for upgrading operations in response to limits on carbon emissions in countries that choose to impose them, for adjusting to unpredictable and destructive weather, and for litigation
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Car emissions are EPA's problem
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The US federal government dismissed insistence from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April 2007 that it did not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA could prevent taking further action if it determines that greenhouse gases do not contribute to climate change.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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A garden for all climates
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The various practices, which are adopted by the gardeners to make the gardens fit to survive in all the possible climate changes, are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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