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Academics warn Canada against further tar sands production
2013-05-08 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Canadian government's promotion of the tar sands industry is setting the world on a course of catastrophic climate change, a group of climate scientists and economists have warned. In a letter made available to the Guardian, the academics urged Canada's natural resources minister, Joe Oliver, to consider the consequences of his support for expanding Alberta's tar sands production. Oliver has in recent months emerged as the main proponent for the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington and other...
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EU energy policy uncertainty deterring green investment, peers warn
2013-05-02 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: "Inertia and uncertainty" over EU energy policy is preventing institutional investors supporting desperately needed clean energy projects, a House of Lords committee will warn today. Around EUR1trn of investment is required by the end of the decade to support the development of a secure and low-carbon energy supply, peers say in a new report. But it expresses alarm at "the degree of uncertainty, complacency and inertia" around how this level of investment can be achieved. The peers conclude...
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Health officials warn about "sex superbug"
2013-05-01 19:09:09| Biotech - Topix.net
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked Congress for $50 million to find a new antibiotic to treat the drug-resistant strain of the disease.
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US shale gas boom "unlikely" to be repeated in UK, warn MPs
2013-04-26 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: MPs will today highlight the role domestic shale gas could play in boosting tax revenue and enhancing energy security, but will also warn that its effect on energy prices remains far less certain. A report to be published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee will warn a repeat of the dramatic fall in domestic gas prices seen in the US as a result of a shale gas boom is "unlikely" to be replicated in the UK due to "differences in geology, public attitudes, regulations and technological...
Advisers warn UK CO2 emissions 'up'
2013-04-24 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A new report has laid bare the UK's pretensions to have cut greenhouse gas emissions over recent years. Ministers have claimed global leadership in reducing CO2 emissions and urged other nations to follow suit. But the official Climate Change Committee (CCC) said that the UK's total contribution towards heating the climate has actually increased. This is because the UK is importing goods that produce CO2 in other countries. The UK has been cutting emissions at home, but it has been importing...
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