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Australia urged to bring forward emissions cuts
2015-11-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Australia should accelerate its emissions cuts by bringing its target forward by five years, Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony de Brum says, while warning that his tiny Pacific nation was already feeling the effects of climate change. Mr de Brum's comments came during Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's visit to the Marshall Islands - a vulnerable collection of isolated, small coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean. Mr Shorten said Labor would embrace more ambitious climate targets for Australia...
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Justin Trudeau Is Bringing Stephen Harpers Emissions Plan to the Paris Climate Talks
2015-11-04 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: On the eve of his swearing in, Canada's next prime minister already has climate critics on his doorstep. On Thursday, climate protesters are planning a "climate welcome" outside Canada's prime ministerial residence, 24 Sussex Drive, to remind Justin Trudeau of his commitment to the environment. During the election, Trudeau dazzled Canadians with big talk of bringing the provincial premiers to the Paris climate conference on November 30 and keeping global warming below two degrees Celsius, but...
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Volkswagen emissions woes deepen as 800,000 more cars affected
2015-11-04 04:42:14| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG said an internal probe in the wake of the diesel scandal that has engulfed the German carmaker showed irregularities in CO2 emissions affecting an additional 800,000 cars, deepening a crisis that has already cost long-time Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn his job, depressed the stock price and led to ballooning provisions. The company said the economic risk stemming from the latest finding is about 2 billion euros , according to a release on Tuesday, citing preliminary estimates.
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VW scandal widens to CO2 emissions
2015-11-03 20:52:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
VW says it has found "irregularities" in carbon dioxide emissions levels which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe.
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The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Expands
2015-11-03 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The U.S. government says Volkswagen cheated a second time on emissions tests, programming about 10,000 cars with larger diesel engines to emit fewer pollutants during testing than in real-world driving conditions. The German automaker installed software designed to defeat the tests on about 10,000 vehicles from the 2014 to 2016 model years, according to the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board. While on the road the cars give off up to nine times more nitrogen oxide...
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