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False emissions reporting undermines China's pollution fight
2016-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: Widespread misreporting of harmful gas emissions by Chinese electricity firms is threatening the country`s attempts to rein in pollution, with government policies aimed at generating cleaner power struggling to halt the practice. Coal-fired power accounts for three-quarters of China`s total generation capacity and is a major source of the toxic smog that shrouded much of the country`s north last month, prompting "red alerts" in dozens of cities, including the capital, Beijing. But the government...
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MIT accelerates push to find technological solutions to curbing carbon emissions
2016-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Some MIT professors are researching nuclear power plants that can float in the ocean. Others are testing atom-sized solar cells that can coat skyscraper windows or smartphone screens. And still others are looking at how to mix algae with sunlight to make a reliable, clean fuel. Policy makers, scientists, and many others are banking on technological breakthroughs in the wake of an agreement last month by 195 nations to cut carbon emissions -- a landmark effort to slow the rise of global temperatures....
State agencies ask EPA to revise emissions rules
2016-01-24 11:53:16| Waste Management - Topix.net
Two Arkansas departments made numerous recommendations for changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's final Clean Power Plan proposal in comments submitted last week. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Public Service Commission submitted their final Clean Power Plan comments using input from their stakeholder task force Thursday afternoon.
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Why Brazils New Pledges On Carbon Emissions Fall Short
2016-01-23 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In recent years, Brazil has been widely praised for reducing deforestation in the Amazon by 70 percent from 2005 to 2012. But with United Nations climate talks set to begin next week in Paris, analysts are taking a closer look at Brazils pledges to cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, with some saying there is less there than meets the eye. One of the more outspoken critics of the countrys forestry and CO2-reduction policies is Brazilian political scientist Maria Fernanda Gebara....
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Pennsylvania to Crack Down on Energy Industry's Methane Emissions
2016-01-20 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania will take new steps to cut methane emissions from natural gas wells and pipelines, and fill gaps in state policies that have allowed many sources in the sector to release the potent greenhouse gas without mandatory controls, Gov. Tom Wolf announced today. Mr. Wolf unveiled a four-part plan to reduce methane leaks and emissions at new and existing well sites and pipelines during a town hall-style discussion on Facebook. The plan includes developing a new permit for new shale gas well...
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