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Scottish government backs Heathrow expansion
2016-10-10 08:12:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Scottish government says it is backing the plan to add a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.
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California governor backs rules on cow, landfill emissions
2016-09-20 15:05:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California will begin regulating greenhouse-gas emissions tied to dairy cows and landfills under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown, escalating state efforts to fight climate change beyond carbon-based gases to include methane and other pollutants. The law targets a category of gases known as short-lived climate pollutants, which have an outsize effect on global warming despite their relatively short life in the atmosphere. Environmentalists hope that tackling short-lived pollutants...
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H&M Foundation backs biggest recycling R&D project
2016-09-06 16:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new four-year global partnership has been set up between the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) and the non-profit H&M Foundation to develop new technologies to recycle blend textiles into new fabrics and yarns.
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Poland could sign climate deal amendment if EU backs new coal plants
2016-09-06 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Poland is willing to back EU ratification of an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions if the European Commission guarantees financing for new, cleaner coal-fired power stations, the Prime Minister's office said. Last October Poland's president unexpectedly vetoed 2012's Doha amendment which extends the protocol until 2020, arguing that the country needed more time to analyze its impact on the economy. The EU needs unanimous backing from member states in order to ratify the amendment....
Australia backs out of climate science cuts but the damage may be done
2016-08-04 08:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: Australian scientists may be suffering from a case of whiplash. After deep funding cuts to the country's peak science body provoked international outcry in early 2016, the first move of the new science minister appears to be something of a reversal. On Thursday, Minister Greg Hunt appeared to encourage the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to renew its focus on climate science. "Climate science is important, it's significant, it's critical to our long-term...
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