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A view of Paris from a hot air balloon: putting pollution on the climate agenda
2015-12-10 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The air quality is officially good, 400ft above Paris in a balloon at rush hour. From that height you can see the ring road and many of the citys 37 bridges blocked with traffic, the commuting trains coming in, and on the first cold day of winter water vapour rising from several power stations as thousands of central heating systems fire up . A yellowish haze has formed on the horizon as air pressure builds, but the pollution from Pariss transport, construction sites and power stations is...
Paris climate summit: a boost for offshore gas?
2015-12-10 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Many world leaders are considering natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal as they make plans to phase out fossil fuels, which would provide a boost to the offshore gas market. However, with hazards such as fracking and methane leakage, gas may
Will the Paris climate deal spell out end of the fossil fuel era?
2015-12-09 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: We are reaching le pointy end of the Paris climate change negotiations and a freshly prepared draft for a new global deal has just been released. With less than 72 hours of scheduled negotiating time left, this is officially squeaky-bum time for the 40,000 or so negotiators, delegates, observers, civil society groups, campaigners, activists and media filling the vast plywood and plastic regaled halls and corridors of the cavernous Le Bourget venue. One of the key decisions at the talks will...
Paris talks: US pledges to double aid to climate-hit countries
2015-12-09 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US has promised to double to $861m aid to countries on the frontline of climate change in the final push to reach an agreement to avoid dangerous global warming at crucial UN talks in Paris. As the negotiations moved into their critical final phase, the White House said the US would deepen its commitment to help low-lying and poor countries that are already threatened by rising seas and powerful storms. The additional aid, announced by John Kerry, the secretary of state, came as part of...
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As Paris summit tries to save the planet, how green is France?
2015-12-09 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: UN climate change chief Christina Figueres may have called Paris "a beacon of hope for the world" as leaders gathered last week to begin hammering out a deal to slow global warming. But how good is the city's -- and France's -- environmental record? France leads the G20 group of industrialised countries in low-carbon energy, but experts point out that is only because of its massive reliance on nuclear power. With Paris, which is hosting the climate talks, often so choked with traffic that schools...
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