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Shell bets on gas to limit climate change until 22nd century
2013-02-27 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Royal Dutch/Shell believes a policy-led shift to gas, carbon capture and nuclear power could keep a lid on climate change into the 22nd century while a more free market approach would result in carbon emissions some 25 percent higher. Sketching possible paths of development for global energy use, Shell, which has bet the most heavily of all the top oil firms on a big future for natural gas, promoted its use as a way to moderate greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2100. It also suggested:...
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EU member states say biofuels limit needs more thought
2013-02-22 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Limits must be imposed on the use of biofuels made from food crops, leading EU member states France and Britain said on Friday, while questioning the detail of a Commission proposal for a 5 percent cap. Concern that some biofuels create more problems than they solve led to a major policy shift in September when the EU executive announced plans to limit the use of crop-based biodiesel and bioethanol to 5 percent of total transport fuel consumption. Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger on Friday...
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China to limit air emissions in six industries
2013-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China will impose emission limits on six polluting industries including coal-fired power plants and steel and petrochemical factories as soon as March 1 to improve air quality in major cities. China must strictly impose the limits to improve air quality, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Environmental Protection website today that cited a meeting headed by Minister Zhou Shengxian. Existing plants and new thermal power, steel, oil, cement, metal and chemical projects in 47 cities...
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German Environment Minister: We Want to Limit Fracking
2013-02-11 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's environment minister said on Monday he did not want to make it easy for companies to "frack" for shale gas and could not see the practice happening in his country in the "forseeable future". Pending rules for the drilling techniques would likely be tightened, said Peter Altmaier, a conservative politician in chancellor Angela Merkel's government. "The message is we want to limit fracking, we don't want to facilitate it," he told Deutschlandfunk radio. "And anyway I don't see in the...
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HP Looks to Limit Student Labor in China
2013-02-09 00:28:03| TechNewsWorld
HP, one of the top three PC manufacturers, announced Friday that it had directed suppliers in China to limit their use of student labor. The move comes amid growing concerns in the tech community about working conditions in overseas factories. The announcement also follows recent efforts by Apple to address problematic labor practices in China.
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