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29 African Nations Unite to Ban Ivory Trade
2016-06-26 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
English: Kenya destroys nearly all of its elephant ivory and rhino horn stockpiles in a ceremony at Nairobi National Park on April 30, 2016. This act sends a strong message to the international community that the illegal trade in wildlife, which is pushing several species to the brink of extinction, cannot be tolerated. The African Elephant Coalition (AEC), comprising 29 African countries with a shared commitment to ensuring the survival of the African elephant, will meet from 24 to 26 June in Montreux, Switzerland....
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Nations Largest Residential Solar Storage Project to Launch This Summer
2016-06-17 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: This summer, hundreds of homes Brooklyn and Queens will be recruited in an experiment to create a "clean virtual power plant" that feeds the utility grid with solar energy. New York utility Consolidated Edison (ConEd) is partnering with solar companies SunPower and Sunverge on a $15 million pilot program that offers high-efficiency rooftop PV panels plus a lithium-ion battery to more than 300 participating homeowners in the two New York City boroughs. The aim is to build a mini power plant...
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Nations Largest Net Zero Plus Commercial Building Retrofit Opens in Los Angeles
2016-06-13 17:05:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The nations largest net zero plus commercial building retrofit was dedicated earlier this month: the Net Zero Plus Electric Training Institute located in Greater Los Angeles. read more
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EU signs trade pact with South African nations
2016-06-10 17:06:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The European Union and six countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have finally signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) today (10 June) after more than a decade of talks - in a move that gives Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland duty-free access to the EU.
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Ten EU nations still breaching pollution limits: EEA
2016-06-10 12:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution from sources such as transport and agriculture is still above legal limits in 10 European Union member states, data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) showed on Friday. Since 2010, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Luxembourg have persistently breached their emissions ceilings for nitrogen oxides; Denmark, Germany, Ireland and Luxembourg have exceeded their limits for non-methane volatile organic compounds; and Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain...
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