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Coalition 'must treble minimum emissions target to stay credible'

2014-02-27 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Abbott government must treble Australias minimum 2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions from 5% below 2000 levels to 15% to have a credible role in international efforts to slow global warming, according to the independent Climate Change Authority the government is seeking to abolish. The authority says the costs of such an increase would be manageable, involving a reduction of only 0.02% in annual average income growth per person compared with meeting the 5% target, under effective...

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Energy Industry Coalition Addresses Cybersecurity Skills Gap

2014-02-06 19:41:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Throughout the country, more cybersecurity workers are in demand across various industries as the need to safeguard the nation’s technological capabilities increases. Of particular concern is the security and reliability of our energy and utility infrastructure. This urgency is underscored by the formidable threat of cyber attacks, which annually cost the United States more than $110 billion. read more

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Broad coalition backs Keystone XL oil pipeline

2014-02-04 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: An unusual coalition of lawmakers from both parties, labor and business leaders, veterans groups and Canada's ambassador to the United States joined forces Tuesday to push for quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Five Democrats joined Republicans at a Capitol news conference to urge President Barack Obama to approve the pipeline following a State Department report last week that raised no major environmental objections. The $7 billion pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in western...

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