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Europe squabbling over greenhouse gas targets
2014-01-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: European nations stand sharply divided over setting new 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, EU sources said Friday (Saturday, January 11 in the Philippines). European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso called in commissioners to try to agree figures ahead of talks on January 22 but there was no progress, one source said. Parliament's environmental and energy committees on Thursday called for a 2030 reduction target of 40 percent for carbon dioxide emissions,...
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Pennsylvania Continues Successful Efforts To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2014-01-06 01:31:24| pollutiononline News Articles
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a Climate Change Action Plan Update was submitted to GovernorTom Corbettand the state legislature onDec. 31, 2013
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NY City greenhouse gas emissions drop 19% since 2005
2013-12-31 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New York City's greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 19 percent since 2005, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday, putting the city nearly two-thirds of the way to meeting the goal that Bloomberg set five years ago. Bloomberg announced the progress report as he prepares to leave the mayor's office on Wednesday after 12 years in office. In the comprehensive climate change blueprint he launched in 2007, called PlaNYC 2030, Bloomberg set a goal to slash citywide emissions 30 percent...
Unwanted Greenhouse Gas Could Boost Geothermal Power Output
2013-12-27 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Researchers are developing a new kind of geothermal power plant that will lock away unwanted carbon dioxide, CO2, underground -- and use the greenhouse gas in liquid form as a tool to boost electric power generation 10-fold in geothermal power plants. Teams of researchers at the University of Minnesota, Ohio State University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are collaborating on using CO2 in its liquid form as a supplemental fluid in geothermal power plants. The CO2 would otherwise be emitted...
Export-Import Bank Board Adopts Revised Environmental Guidelines To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2013-12-16 03:27:31| pollutiononline News Articles
The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank ofthe United States(Ex-Im Bank) today adopted revisions to its environmental procedures and guidelines governing high-carbon intensity projects, aligning the Bank with President Obama's goal of reducing carbon pollution, while maintaining the Bank's focus on continuing to help create and support American export-related jobs
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