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Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions dipped in 2011
2013-04-26 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions dipped 0.7 percent in 2011, helped by a U.S. shift from high-polluting coal in power plants and by Europe's economic slowdown, data compiled by Reuters showed on Friday. For many years it has been a mantra that rich nations, historically the top polluters, should make the biggest cuts in emissions while emerging economies could burn more energy to help lift them from poverty. But figures based on submissions by 42 industrialized nations this...
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USDA And Dairy Producers Renew Agreement To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Increase Sustainability Of Dairy Production
2013-04-25 13:39:24| dairynetwork News Articles
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today renewed a historic agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate the adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects and energy efficiency improvements on U.S. dairy farms, both of which help producers diversify revenues and reduce utility expenses on their operations.. The pact extends a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2009.
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US Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Down
2013-04-23 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Anthropogenic US greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) amounted to a CO2-equivalent 6,702.3 million metric tons in 2011, down 1.6 percent from 2010 and 6.9 percent below 2005 levels. Longer term, US GHG emissions have increased at an annual average rate of 0.4 percent since 1990, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 18th annual US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Inventory) report, which was released April 15. A decrease in the carbon intensity of fuels used in electricity generation...
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Waste And Recycling Industry Innovation Makes Positive Greenhouse Gas Trend Possible
2013-04-22 03:11:46| pollutiononline Home Page
The waste and recycling industry is continuing to reduce its release of greenhouse gases – even as waste volumes increase, according to the latest greenhouse gas inventory released by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Supreme Court asked to hear EPA greenhouse gas challenge
2013-04-20 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Top industry groups and a dozen states have asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision upholding the Obama administration's plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions generated by power plants and vehicles. The parties, which had until Friday to submit petitions to the high court, are challenging a 2012 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The petitioners attacked the rules on various grounds, but all...
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