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UN climate chief: global emissions pledges not enough yet
2015-10-30 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Governments' emissions-cutting pledges ahead of a global conference in December are a good step toward achieving an international global warming goal, but they aren't yet enough, the U.N. climate chief said Friday. The plans submitted by 146 countries for the climate conference in Paris could cut average global emissions per capita of greenhouse gases by up to 8 percent by 2025 and 9 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a U.N. assessment found. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres'...
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UN: Paris climate plans cut emissions just 10% by 2030
2015-10-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The UN has released a mixed report card on nearly 150 plans submitted by countries ahead of a proposed global deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. A 67-page study compiled by UN officials says the intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) from governments represent a significant shift in attitudes towards tackling climate change. But echoing previous assessments by analysts, it warns global warming is on course to break through the 2C above pre-industrial levels deemed dangerous....
Texas, California Lead Nation in Carbon Emissions
2015-10-29 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Everything is bigger in Texas. Its honky tonks. Its highway system. Its wind power industry. Its oil industry. And even, a new report says, its carbon dioxide emissions. Texas emitted more carbon dioxide from burning energy in 2013 than it did at any point since 2004. And, for at least the 24th year in a row, the Lone Star State tops the list of the nation's biggest carbon polluters, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. Data released this week by the administration shows each...
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Auto Industry Succeeds in Push for Weaker Emissions Limits in EU
2015-10-29 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Carmakers have won delays to a more stringent real driving emissions test, which will allow them to belch out more than twice the legal limit of deadly nitrogen oxides (NOx) from 2019 and up to 50% more from 2021. The introduction of the tests has been delayed by a year by the European commission. Revelations about Volkswagens use of defeat devices to manipulate current NOx tests and studies showing that just one in 10 cars meets current limits, appear to have had little effect on the...
Poland's president vetos amendment to Kyoto protocol on CO2 emissions
2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Poland's president has vetoed an amendment to the Kyoto protocol on CO2 emissions that extends the deadline for compliance because he believes the country needs more time to analyze its impact on the economy, his office said on Tuesday. The Kyoto protocol, signed in 1997, imposed on all signatory countries an obligation to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by at least 5 percent in the period 2008-2012 versus 1990. The 2012 Doha amendment extended the deadline by 2020. Poland has already...
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