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Canada, Germany lead calls to price 50% of carbon emissions by 2030
2016-04-21 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Carbon pricing should cover 50% of global emissions by 2030, the leaders of Canada, Germany, France, Ethiopia, Mexico and Chile recommend. The heads of state challenged fellow governments to expand global carbon markets to cover 25% of emissions by the end of this decade in a statement supported by the World Bank, IMF and OECD. Currently around 12% of global carbon emissions are covered by a variety of carbon markets and taxes, according to the International Carbon Action Partnership 2016 status...
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Volkswagen may settle with TDI diesel owners for $5,000; Audi developed emissions cheating software in 1999
2016-04-20 21:53:24| Extremetech
Volkswagen is due in court to announce a settlement with the EPA or face criminal trial tomorrow, even as an investigation has uncovered that the roots of its dieselgate cheating software go all the way back to Audi, circa 1999.
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EPA Underestimates Methane Emissions
2016-04-19 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are a third higher than previously estimated, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday in its annual greenhouse gas inventory submission to the United Nations. This makes the fossil fuel industry the largest source of methane emissions in the U.S., accounting for one-third of total U.S. methane emissions.
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Can We Reduce CO2 Emissions And Grow the Global Economy?
2016-04-19 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Can We Reduce CO2 Emissions And Grow the Global Economy? Surprising new statistics show that the world economy is expanding while global carbon emissions remain at the same level. Is it possible that the elusive decoupling of emissions and economic growth could be happening? The statistic is startling. In the past two years, the global economy has grown by 6.5 percent, but carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation and transport have not grown at all, the International Energy Agency...
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Study finds total PM10 emissions from EVs equal to those of modern ICEVs; role of weight and non-exhaust PM
2016-04-18 20:56:18| Green Car Congress
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