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France calls for prompt climate declarations at Berlin talks
2015-05-19 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: France has urged world nations to publish their climate-saving targets by October, well ahead of crucial December treaty talks in Paris. France issued its call in Berlin at preparatory talks involving 35 nations. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told representatives in Berlin on Monday that only 37 countries had presented plans to limit their impact on the world's climate, adding that it was essential that "everyone, starting with the rich countries" submit by an October 30 deadline. The...
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United Kingdom: Renewable energy target calls for 1,000 new wind turbines, inquiry told
2015-05-19 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: To meet the recently struck renewable energy target figure of 33,000 gigawatt hours 1,000 wind turbines would need to be built, a Senate inquiry has been told. The government and Labor reached a compromise on Monday on the 2020 target, dropping it from its original 41,000 GwH figure to 33,000. The Coalition agreed to scrap plans for a biennial review of the target, which had been a sticking point. The government-funded clean energy regulator will monitor the progress made towards reaching the...
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Germany's Merkel calls global emission trading system
2015-05-16 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), the bloc's flagship policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, to become a global system. Thousands of power plants, factories and airlines in Europe have to surrender an allowance for every tonne of heat-trapping gas emitted. However, a surplus of allowances has depressed their price on the ETS and has made it cheaper to burn coal than to switch to greener fuels. "This instrument would...
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Concern over pension cold calls
2015-05-16 02:02:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The number of people being cold calls about their pensions appears to be increasing, says the Information Commissioner's Office.
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Gaming roundup: GTA V boosts PC digital sales, Konami mostly calls it quits
2015-05-15 15:57:16| Extremetech
There's been a fair bit of gaming news of late, touching on multiple markets, platforms, and companies. We round up the highlights.
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