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Cutting greenhouse gas emissions won't slow global economic growth report
2015-09-26 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the world works out how to avoid catastrophic climate change, one of the biggest questions remaining is whether we can continue to grow economically without also increasing greenhouse gas emissions. New research released this week at Climate Week NYC offers more hope that the answer might be yes. Prepared for green thinktank Heinrich Böll by DIW Econ, a German institute for economic research, the study found that, as a whole, countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation...
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Volkswagen emissions scandal: Switzerland bans sale of some models
2015-09-26 10:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Switzerland has banned sales of Volkswagen diesel cars in the most severe step taken so far by a government in reaction to the emissions crisis. The country has stopped the sale of any VW cars in the Euro5 category, which contains the majority of the cars that the company has admitted have defeat devices. The move effects roughly 180,000 cars that are yet to be sold or registered, including 1.2-litre, 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre diesel engines for the VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda brands. However, the...
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China become worlds leading carbon emissions trader
2015-09-26 09:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: China and the US are ready to strike a global carbon emissions trade deal to form a market for industries producing greenhouse gas emissions. The deal was confirmed at a meeting between the Chinese and American presidents. Beijing will launch the world's largest emissions trading program in 2017. The market will serve the interests of top CO2 greenhouse gas emitting industries, including fossil fuel burning electric power generation, cement and steel production. A joint announcement from Chinese...
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EPA Puts US Carmakers on Notice for Potential Emissions Rigging
2015-09-26 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sputnik: The US government regulator that accused Volkswagen of gaming emissions tests with illicit software has notified car manufacturers in the United States it will go after them next. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered the German company last week to recall 482,000 of its diesel-engine vehicles whose emissions kits were fitted with so-called defeat devices. The gadgets in the cars were found to have curbed emissions results by up to 40 times the real greenhouse gas levels. "Today...
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VW: ~5M VW vehicles affected by emissions scandal; working on technical solution; suspension of some employees starting
2015-09-26 04:55:26| Green Car Congress
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