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Carrier Transicold Helps Shipping Industry Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions With Environmentally Sustainable Container Refrigeration Units
2015-04-27 06:49:14| pollutiononline Home Page
Energy efficient container refrigeration systems introduced by Carrier Transicold in recent years are playing a vital role in helping the marine shipping industry strengthen its environmental profile
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Australia's Direct Action fund may need $1bn more to meet emissions target
2015-04-27 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Australian governments Direct Action emissions reduction fund could require up to $1bn of extra funds to meet its carbon emissions reduction goal, according to a Guardian Australia analysis based on initial auction results. The results of the first Direct Action auction, revealed last week, showed emissions reduction contracts worth $660.4m had been awarded to prevent 47m tonnes of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere. According to the Clean Energy Regulator, the average cost per tonne...
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J.B. Hunt Shareholders Vote Down Emissions Proposal
2015-04-24 00:20:35| Trucking - Topix.net
A shareholder proposal to require J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell to set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was defeated at the company's annual meeting Thursday.
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Study finds low cost in reducing methane emissions
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Reducing methane leaks from oil and gas operations around the world could provide a relatively inexpensive way to fight climate change, according to a new report commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund. The amount of methane that escaped worldwide in 2012 was roughly 3.6 billion cubic feet and would have been worth $30 billion on the market, said Kate Larsen, a director of the Rhodium Group, which produced the study. A country that produced that amount of gas would rank seventh in the world,...
Marshall Islands move to shake up shipping on emissions
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: In UN climate circles, the Marshall Islands is mostly known as one of those states that will be swamped by rising sea levels. Its negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions makes its heartfelt pleas for ambitious action all too easy for bigger nations to ignore. At the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on the other hand, the Marshalls carry significant weight: 118 million tonnes, to be precise. That is the mass of 3,400 ships registered in Majuro, more than any other country...
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