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EPA seeks cut in truck emissions in latest climate change push
2015-06-19 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The Obama administration issued its latest climate change proposal on Friday, calling for a hike in fuel efficiency requirements for heavy-duty trucks in a bid to slash pollution from the vehicles that represent about a fifth of the nations transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed EPA rule comes on the heels of its announcement that it planned to regulate greenhouse gas emission from airplanes and just weeks before it unveils the final climate change rules for the nations...
Proposed rule for big trucks aims at cutting fuel emissions
2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Obama administration on Friday unveiled a major climate change regulation intended to rein in planet-warming carbon pollution from heavy-duty trucks. The rule, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department, is the latest in a march of pollution constraints that President Obama has put forth on different sectors of the economy as he seeks to make tackling climate change a cornerstone of his legacy. The proposed rule is meant to ratchet up the fuel efficiency...
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Four EU nations urge European Commission to set 'challenging' 2025 car emissions goal
2015-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Four EU nations and a European politicians from across the political divide called on the European Commission to publish next year a challenging 2025 emissions standard for new cars. Limits on how much carbon dioxide cars can emit has had a major impact on cutting fuel consumption and improving air quality in the European Union. The latest limit of 95 grams of carbon dioxide (g/km) per kilometer by 2021 was only agreed after lengthy argument and extra concessions to satisfy Germany, home to luxury...
Pope attacks emissions trading as a possible 'ploy'
2015-06-19 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pope Francis attacked one of the major policy initiatives in the fight to combat climate change, warning in his encyclical published on Thursday that the trading carbon credits could merely reward speculators instead of controlling global greenhouse gas emissions. The pope, the first from the developing world, cautioned that carbon trading systems could be a smokescreen to allow large carbon emitters in wealthy countries to keep doing so, suggesting it might be "a ploy which permits maintaining...
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Unchecked maritime carbon emissions may increase to 250% by 2050, says IMO
2015-06-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The carbon emissions from international maritime shipping could increase by 250% in the period to 2050 if it left unchecked, an assessment by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has revealed.
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