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EPA Launches New Voluntary Methane Challenge Program To Reduce Emissions From The Oil And Gas Sector
2016-04-04 06:59:22| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently, as part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing commitment to take action on climate change and protect public health, EPA is launching a new voluntary partnership program—with 41 founding partner companies in the oil and gas sector.
Satellites key to monitoring harmful emissions: space agencies
2016-04-03 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Satellite technology plays a crucial role in measuring greenhouse gas emissions globally, the heads of several space agencies agreed Sunday as they vowed to work together to develop a coordinated monitoring system. The pledge comes after a landmark climate accord in Paris last year at which world leaders agreed to cap global warming by "well below" two degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial levels. Satellites will play a "major role" in ensuring that ambitious target is met by measuring harmful...
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This country is embracing coal while the rest of the world is trying to cut emissions
2016-04-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Scotland just closed its last coal-fired power plant. England said it will be coal-free in the next decade. The United States has the Clean Power Plan, which doesn`t exactly end coal, but it puts a pretty hefty damper on it. Even China has made a series of announcements signaling they are dropping coal. Japan, on the other hand, is planning to build 45 domestic coal plants, and the Japanese foreign investment bank is considering financing a massive project in Indonesia. As host of the next G7...
Its Hazy, but Chinas Carbon Emissions May Have Peaked
2016-04-03 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A year and a half ago, negotiators from the United States persuaded the Chinese government to commit to a deadline for reversing the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from China. The Obama administration portrayed the pledge as a major victory because China produces more of the gases that cause global warming than any other country, a quarter of the world's total. Though the deadline was far off, in 2030, environmentalists said the concession by Beijing was a significant breakthrough in efforts...
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PNNL team develops higher-strength, lower-cost titanium alloy aimed at improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions
2016-04-02 17:55:49| Green Car Congress
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