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China, US and Europe pledge support for global aviation emissions pact
2016-09-05 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China, the United States and Europe all pledged support on Saturday for a new deal to curb carbon dioxide emissions by airlines which is due to be finalised at a meeting of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in September and is expected to go into effect from 2021. Aviation was excluded from last December's climate accord in Paris when countries agreed to limit the global average rise in in temperatures to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial...
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Climate change agreement - US and China must work on emissions
2016-09-04 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Examiner: THE problem about agreeing on paper to save the planet is the difficulty of actually getting down to the business of doing it in reality. That said, there can be no doubt people around the globe who care about the environment will applaud the move by America and China to ratify the Paris Climate change agreement aimed at saving Earth. With scientists at the coalface of this looming crisis warning that the world is now in grave danger of drowning in its own pollution, it would be hard to exaggerate...
G20 states must take harder line on carbon emissions: NGOs
2016-09-02 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: G20 states must work harder to ensure a swifter transition to a low carbon economy, NGOs urged Thursday, notably deploring continued EU finance for fossil fuel-powered projects. Major powers should revise upwards by a factor of six greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030 to meet their commitments of limiting temperature rises to two Celsius under last year's Paris Accord on climate change, Climate Transparency said. "Our report shows that while global emissions growth may be coming to an end,...
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Study: Emissions from Oil and Gas Facilities Linked to Asthma
2016-09-01 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
El Paso Herald: New Mexico can expect a lot more problems with asthma and lost school and work days as a result of ozone smog pollution from oil and gas facilities in the next few years, a new report said. The "Gasping for Breath study from the Clean Air Task Force analyzed Environmental Protection Agency projections and estimated that by the year 2025, children in Albuquerque will suffer more than 5,300 asthma attacks during the summer as a result of air pollution from oil and gas plants. Janice Nolen, assistant...
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Australia sues Volkswagen unit over alleged emissions fraud
2016-09-01 04:19:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia is suing the local unit of Volkswagen for allegedly misleading customers by selling modified vehicles that covered up emissions fraud.
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