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Malaysia committed to cutting CO2 emissions by 40% by 2020
2015-11-27 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Channel News Asia: Malaysia's Minister of National Resources and Environment said the country is committed to cutting carbon emissions by 40 per cent by the year 2020. Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said Kuala Lumpur will submit its game plan with specific targets to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change before the Paris conference next week. More than 160 countries have already submitted their plans on the actions they will take for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future, ahead of the UN Climate...
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Dealers hit Volkswagen with class action lawsuits over emissions scandal
2015-11-27 21:03:53| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The emissions scandal has cost Volkswagen dearly both in revenue and reputation -- and now dealerships are the latest groups to take the company to court. In September, the Volkswagen Group was forced to recall over 400,000 vehicles in the United States after being caught using software which avoided clean air and emissions regulations.
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Malaysia targets emissions intensity cut in last-minute pledge
2015-11-27 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Malaysia is aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions for each unit of economic growth 35% from 2005 levels by 2030. With international support, that could increase to 45%. That was the target in a pledge delivered to the UN days before negotiations start on a global climate deal. The southeast Asian nation, population 29 million, has already achieved a 23% reduction in emissions intensity. The rest is to come from biofuels, renewable energy and forest protection. It accounted for 0.6% of global...
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VW labour boss says fresh emissions crisis has hit new car orders
2015-11-27 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Volkswagen is facing slowing orders for new cars, with consumers shunning the carmaker after it admitted to understating fuel usage and carbon dioxide emissions, VWs top labour representative said. There is caution in buying, the German companys works council chief Bernd Osterloh told reporters. The CO2 issue has triggered a greater crisis of confidence [in VW products] than the nitrogen [emissions] issue. VW said earlier this month it had manipulated the level of CO2 emissions in about...
Shorten promises zero emissions climate change policy for Australia under Labor government
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Australia will aim for an ambitious net zero pollution target by 2050 under a Labor elected government, Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has declared. The announcement came as Shorten also criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit for flying to Paris carrying Tony Abbotts climate-sceptic baggage. Speaking on Friday during a press conference at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Shorten stated that Labor believed zero emissions...
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