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Freight train industry to miss federal safety deadline

2014-04-17 02:49:52| Railroads - Topix.net

The freight railroad industry said Wednesday that only one-fifth of its track will be equipped with mandatory safety technology, designed to prevent most collisions and derailments, by the deadline set by Congress.

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Row simmers over EU's 2030 carbon targets hours before deadline

2014-04-15 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A row is still simmering within the European commission over landmark targets for greenhouse gas emissions, hours before they are published on Wednesday. The row, which jeopardises international negotiations on climate change, has been generated in part by the UK Liberal Democrats' U-turn on renewable energy. At stake is whether the EU opts for a 35% or 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, and whether the bloc sets a firm target for renewable energy generation...

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White House to Senate Dems: No Deadline on Keystone

2014-04-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: White House press secretary Jay Carney attempted to sideline any noise that President Obama would establish a hard deadline for his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline Thursday. "Our position on that process hasnt changed, which is that it needs to run its appropriate course without interference from the White House or Congress," Carney said to reporters. "It was because of actions taken by Republicans in Congress that one delay was caused in the process already." "So that review continues...

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Oil Vote Deadline Looms for Ecuadors Yasuní National Park

2014-04-08 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: In 2007, for the meager sum of US$3.6 billion, Ecuadors President Rafael Correa offered the world a chance to buy into a conservation plan, called the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, to save his countrys easternmost sector from oil extraction. The ITT concession area, named for three sites within its boundaries Ishpingo, Tambococha and Tiputini makes up about 1/12th of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. It represents an opportunity to conserve up to 10 percent of all species on the planet. This Initiative...

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