Branson commits $3 bln to fight global warming
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Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman   Richard Branson on Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion   over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline   and rail businesses, to combating global warming.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest publicly traded oil company, said on Friday it would take a charge of $550 million in the third quarter to cover
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Hundreds of investors controlling $20 trillion in capital came searching for answers Thursday on how to put a price on carbon emissions blamed for global warming and create a new Â and lucrative Â economy based on cleaner sources of energy.
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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a new $1.3bn fund to combat climate change.
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Virgin boss Richard Branson has pledged 100,000 pounds for a legal fund to defend the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, the Sunday Times reported.
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British tycoon Richard Branson dangled a $25 million prize before the world's top scientists Friday seeking to spur research into devising ways to suck greenhouse gases out of the air.
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Sir Richard BransonÂs Virgin Group is introducing its particular brand of corporate philanthropy to the United States.
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British business mogul Richard Branson said Thursday he would invest about $3 billion to combat global warming over the next decade.
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The world's richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.
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By David RaniiNorth Carolina-based companies are leaders, not laggards, when it comes to responding to the business challenges posed by global warming, state Treasurer Richard Moore said. Moore, participating in a teleconference Tuesday morning in which 10 U.S.
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British tycoon Richard Branson urged the aviation industry to join his Virgin Atlantic airline in an ambitious plan to combat the potential &quot;catastrophe&quot; of global warming.
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British tycoon Richard Branson urged airlines and airport operators to join his Virgin Atlantic carrier in an ambitious plan to curb the aviation industry's contribution to global warming.
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LONDON, Sept. 21 -- Iconoclastic British billionaire Richard Branson pledged Thursday to invest all profit from his Virgin Group airline and train businesses over the next decade -- an estimated $3 billion -- to fight global warming and promote alternative energy.
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The environmentally tinged takeover of TXU Corp. illustrates global warming's increased financial relevance.
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LONDON -- British billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, with former vice president Al Gore at his side, offered a $25 million prize yesterday for anyone who can come up with a way to blunt global climate change by removing at least a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the earth's atmosphere.
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A world plan to fight global warming goes into force on Wednesday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
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WASHINGTON - Seeking to bolster its credentials on global warming, the United States signed an agreement yesterday with 13 other nations that calls for investing up to $53 million in companies that could profitably control emissions of methane, a