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Germany won't support EU auto CO2 emissions deal: sources
2013-06-26 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany will not support a European Union compromise deal to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for all new EU automobiles from 2020, government sources told Reuters in Berlin on Wednesday. The sources said the deal would be too much of a burden on luxury German car makers like Daimler and BMW. The EU's outline agreement on implementing a target of 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (g/km) still needs the official endorsement of EU member states. Member states last week rejected...
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Houston to Buy Half of its Electricity From Renewable Sources
2013-06-24 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The city of Houston has agreed to purchase half its electricity from renewable energy sources, a step that makes the Texas city the nations largest municipal buyer of green energy. In a contract signed with Reliant Energy, Houston committed to buying more than 140 megawatts of renewable power from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, locking in nearly 623,000 megawatts of clean power annually. According to city officials, the government committed $2 million less than 1 cent per kilowatt-hour ...
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Obama speech on U.S. climate measures could come Tuesday: sources
2013-06-22 07:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama is likely to roll out a number of measures on climate policy, potentially including a strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, in a speech on Tuesday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. The potential move on power utilities, which account for roughly 40 percent of the nation`s carbon dioxide emissions, will come as Obama sets the fight to curb climate change as a priority for his second term. Regulations are still pending on yet-to-be-built...
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EXCLUSIVE-Blackstone interviewing banks for Brixmor IPO -sources
2013-06-21 23:05:27| Real Estate - Topix.net
Blackstone Group LP is interviewing investment bankers for a proposed initial public offering of its neighborhood shopping center company, Brixmor Property Group Inc, according to two people familiar with the process.
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Sources Say: Petition drive rankles Hales
2013-06-20 20:08:25| PortlandOnline
Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune, June 20, 2013
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