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07.29.15 -- Economy Main Factor In U.S. Emissions Decline
2015-07-28 02:48:24| pollutiononline News Articles
07/29/15 Pollution Online Newsletter
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Economy Main Factor In US Emissions Decline
2015-07-27 04:31:01| pollutiononline Home Page
Recent declines in greenhouse gas emissions in the US were spurred more by the economic recession than by a shift from coal to natural gas, according to new IIASA research
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US EPA proposes voluntary measures for reducing methane emissions by oil and gas firms
2015-07-27 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program for the oil and gas companies, asking the companies take voluntary measures to cut methane gas emission.
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Recession, not gas, drove drop in US emissions: Study
2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Economic recession was the main cause for a drop in United States carbon dioxide emissions between 2007 and 2013 -- not a shift from coal- to gas-fuelled energy as widely claimed, researchers said Tuesday. US emissions of carbon dioxide, the main contributor to manmade global warming, fell by around 11 percent in the six-year period, according to a paper in the journal Nature Communications. "Coinciding with the post-2007 decline in emissions, innovations in hydraulic fracturing technology...
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Vermont tries lower emissions by keeping food wastes out of dumps
2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Vermont is trying to revolutionize how the state, and perhaps the rest of the country, handles leftover food. Starting this month, any business, college or university, or other facility that produces 52 or more tons of food scraps per year (1 ton per week) and is within 20 miles of a composting facility is required to divert those scraps from landfills. This new ban is part of a larger effort by the state to raise its recycling rates and, at the same time, decrease its greenhouse gas emissions...
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