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Millennium Development Goals falling short on environmental ambitions
2013-05-30 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: This week in New York City, the 27 members of the high-level panel of eminent persons appointed by the U.N. Secretary General will deliver a report providing recommendations on the post-2015 development agenda. This is a critical opportunity to address the inadequacies of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to chart a new course for sustainable development. The post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must break from failed convention by integrating environmental and social dimensions...
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South Cooper Mountain needs realistic traffic, density goals
2013-05-28 02:39:39| Footwear - Topix.net
It might ease tensions if the city of Beaverton planned future public meetings about the development of South Cooper Mountain at a time that didn't subject participants to rush hour traffic.
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United Kingdom: Green groups attack government resistance to EU climate change goals
2013-05-26 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Green campaigners and industry experts have hit out at the government's plans to block new EU-wide renewable energy targets, which they say are essential to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and creating a green economy. Ed Davey, the energy and climate secretary, is to set out on Monday the UK's position on energy and climate change targets within Europe. He will oppose any new goals on increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity generation, but will argue for climate change goals that...
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Hawaii passes new bill to meet clean energy goals
2013-05-10 01:00:00| Power Technology
The US state of Hawaii has passed a new bill that will create and issue a Green Infrastructure Bond in its efforts to meet clean energy goals.
Report: US pushing plan for individual climate goals at UN talks
2013-05-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A United States-led plan that would allow countries to set their own climate targets is gaining traction at United Nations climate change talks. The initiative amounts to scrapping the foundation of the Kyoto Protocol, which was struck in 1997 and set marks for reducing global emissions by 2012. The 160 nations involved in the Bonn, Germany, negotiations are looking to hammer out a plan to prevent a temperature rise of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2020. The next chance to strike an agreement would...
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