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VW hit by flood of new lawsuits in emissions scandal
2016-09-21 12:44:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Volkswagen is facing 8.2bn in damages claims from 1,400 German investors over the emissions scandal, a state court has said.
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EU court rules against Britain over power plant emissions
2016-09-21 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain failed to respect European Union limits on nitrogen oxide emissions from a coal-fired power plant in Wales, the European Court of Justice said on Wednesday. The European Commission launched an inquiry in May 2012 into the environmental credentials of the Aberthaw plant and took Britain to court in March 2015. Britain can now expect a fine and will have to pay the Commission's legal costs. EU member states were required to reduce emissions from large combustion plants by the start of 2008,...
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California governor backs rules on cow, landfill emissions
2016-09-20 15:05:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California will begin regulating greenhouse-gas emissions tied to dairy cows and landfills under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown, escalating state efforts to fight climate change beyond carbon-based gases to include methane and other pollutants. The law targets a category of gases known as short-lived climate pollutants, which have an outsize effect on global warming despite their relatively short life in the atmosphere. Environmentalists hope that tackling short-lived pollutants...
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Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions
2016-09-19 16:55:35| Green Car Congress
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Most states on track to meet emissions targets they call burden
2016-09-18 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The 27 states challenging Obamas Clean Power Plan in court say the lower emissions levels it would impose are an undue burden. But most are likely to hit them anyway. Already, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Dakota appear to be meeting the CPP's early targets. And changes in the power market, along with policies favoring clean generation, are propelling most of the rest toward timely compliance, according to researchers, power producers and officials, as well as government filings...
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