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White House uninterested in delaying implementation of carbon emissions plan, adviser says
2015-06-04 21:40:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
In spite of calls to delay implementation of the EPA's carbon emissions program, the Obama administration has no interest in doing so, one of the president's top energy and environmental advisers said Thursday. Christy Goldfuss , managing director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said the time has come to begin acting on the Clean Power Program.
Marshall Islands, the flag for many ships, seeks to rein in emissions
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Far out in the Pacific Ocean, the tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands has taken on a vital role in international shipping, with its flag flying over the third-largest number of ships in the world. So when the nations foreign minister showed up at a recent meeting of the International Maritime Organization and proposed limiting the amount of climate-warming gases that the shipping industry could emit, he caused a stir. Its a matter of survival for us, Tony de Brum, the minister of foreign...
Kentucky is already on track to meet EPAs carbon emissions goals, analyses indicate
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WFPL: Kentucky is on track to comply with the EPAs upcoming federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissionseven if no further actions are taken. The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report Wednesday outlining Kentuckys progress in complying with the yet-to-be announced federal standard. It estimates that by 2020, the first year the state will have to meet greenhouse gas limits, Kentucky will have already cut its emissions to 113 percent of the goal. In all, 14 states are on track to meet or...
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California passes ambitious laws on emissions and energy efficiency
2015-06-04 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: California lawmakers have passed a dozen ambitious environmental and energy bills setting high goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and petroleum use, and creating new standards for energy efficiency. Dubbed the California climate leadership package, the 12 bills represent a Democratic-driven push in the Senate to advance an agenda of technological innovation and conservation that was put into play by an executive order by California Governor Jerry Brown in April. The package will next move...
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Methane emissions raise doubts about gas industry's climate advantage
2015-06-03 23:59:51| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The grainy black and white photograph taken with an infrared camera shows a smoky haze wafting from a natural gas storage tank. That cloud is methane escaping, said Philip Swanson, administrator of a United Nations-led industry partnership aimed at curbing leakage of the primary component of natural gas.
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