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Richest countries spent $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011
2013-11-13 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In 2011, the top 11 richest carbon emitters spent an estimated $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies, or seven times the amount spent on fast-track climate financing to developing nations, according to a recent report by the Overseas Development Institute. Worldwide, nations spent over half a trillion dollars on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). "The status quo encourages energy companies to continue burning high-carbon fossil fuels and offers no...
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Removal of Fukushima's spent fuel on target: U.S. Energy Secretary
2013-11-01 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A "significant milestone" is at hand for cleanup of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, with spent nuclear fuel removal likely to start on schedule, the U.S. Energy Secretary said on Friday after a visit to the site. "It appears that spent nuclear fuel will begin to be removed from Unit 4 as scheduled in mid-November," Ernest Moniz said in a statement. "This will be significant milestone for Tepco and the Japanese government and in the process of decommissioning the site." Moniz, a nuclear physicist,...
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2014 Chevrolet Impala review: Your GM bailout dollars were very well spent indeed
2013-10-28 14:30:09| Extremetech
This is why the feds kept GM afloat. After a second look, we're convinced: The new Impala is best mainstream big car you can buy, and available with all the right tech.
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Nearly $1 million spent to preserve 218 acres along Pennichuck Brook...
2013-10-04 06:20:48| Paper - Topix.net
Nearly $1 million paid to make up for wetland damage from the expansion of Nashua airport and construction of the Broad Street Parkway has been used to preserve 218 acres of wetland and woods owned by Pennichuck in south Merrimack near the Nashua border.
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Worlds Carbon Budget to Be Spent in Three Decades
2013-09-27 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) has delivered an overwhelming consensus that climate change impacts are accelerating, fueled by human-caused emissions. We may have just about 30 years left until the worlds carbon budget is spent if we want a likely chance of limiting warming to 2 degrees C. Breaching this limit would put the world at increased risk of forest fires, coral bleaching, higher sea level rise, and other dangerous impacts. When Will...
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