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U.S. EPA Requires ASARCO To Cut Toxic Emissions At 103-Year-Old Arizona Copper Smelter
2015-11-09 01:47:10| pollutiononline News Articles
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with ASARCO that requires the company to spend $150M to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large copper smelter in Hayden, Ariz.
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The unbearable lightness of Chinese emissions data
2015-11-08 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: To get a sense of how hard it is to measure greenhouse gas emissions in China, it pays to visit the Deqingyuan poultry farm on the outskirts of Beijing, where streams of chicken manure are piped from wooden sheds to an industrial gas digester that rises above the ground like a tethered balloon. Turning waste into kilowatts qualifies Deqingyuan for valuable carbon credits under a UN-backed scheme known as the Clean Development Mechanism. The digester turns all that chicken slurry into natural gas,...
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Volkswagen to pay customers' taxes over carbon emissions
2015-11-07 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IBN: This is because tackling CO2 -- a greenhouse gas blamed for climate change -- is becoming a rising priority in many countries, especially in Europe, where cars are often taxed according to their carbon emission levels. "The Volkswagen Group pledges to take charge of any possible additional taxes," Mueller wrote in the letter seen by AFP. "Volkswagen will inform tax authorities in all countries of the correct CO2-levels as they become available," he added, urging the authorities to send any...
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Volkswagen Emissions Cheating Scandal Heats Up
2015-11-07 06:38:24| Automakers - Topix.net
With class actions piling up and Volkswagen lawyering up, the fallout is just beginning from revelations that the company built software meant to evade emissions standards into 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide. Below is a round-up of ALM coverage of the scandal.
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The Reality Gap in the Push to Close the Global Warming Emissions Gap in Paris
2015-11-06 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Year by year, the great transition away from the worlds risky carbon-based path to progress is said to be just around the corner. This years Emissions Gap report from the United Nations Environment Program, aiming to energize Paris climate talks next month, was released today with this headline: Unprecedented Momentum for Climate Agreement in Paris, But Achieving 2 Degree Objective Contingent upon Enhanced Ambition in Future Years The message? Youre doing great, world, but raise your ambition...
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