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Curbing climate change: The Deepest Cuts
2014-09-19 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: ON SEPTEMBER 23rd 120-odd presidents and prime ministers will gather in New York for a UN meeting on climate change. It is the first time the subject has brought so many leaders together since the ill-fated Copenhagen summit of 2009. Now, as then, they will assert that reining in global warming is a political priority. Some may commit their governments to policies aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. What few will say is how many tonnes of carbon dioxide these will save--because they almost...
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Other Voices: China serious about curbing industry theft?
2014-09-10 19:03:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
Through the years it has been no secret that the rubber industry is - for lack of a better term - secretive. That was long one of the worries of firms looking to do business in China.
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Obama claims progress on curbing climate change
2014-06-26 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Appealing for patience and perseverance from environmental activists, President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done to address a generational problem. One year after unveiling an aggressive plan, Obama said new emissions limits on power plants, renewable energy projects and new incentives for green technology have cleared the way for further action in the U.S. and abroad, despite steadfast opposition from much of...
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Curbing carbon could help improve air quality
2014-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Journal: With co-authors from Harvard University, the team found air quality in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley potentially stands to gain the most from the proposed EPA action. That's because some of the region's coal-fired power plants could be replaced by natural gas or other cleaner sources, Driscoll said. Kentucky ranked first for potential decreases in average annual and summer peak ozone levels, and ninth in potential reduction in fine particle pollution, or soot, while Indiana ranked 5th and...
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A Paltry Start in Curbing Global Warming
2014-06-03 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey in Britain, uses a nifty back-of-the-envelope calculation to underscore the challenge of giving the worlds poor a shot at prosperity while preventing a global climate disaster. Lets accept, he proposes, that citizens of developing nations are entitled to become roughly as rich in 2050 as Europeans. Lets take note that the world will be home to more than nine billion people by then. What would it take, then, to prevent...
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