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Top 500 companies' carbon emissions rise despite calls for cuts
2014-12-23 10:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Greenhouse gas emissions by the worlds top 500 companies rose 3.1% from 2010 to 2013, far off the cuts urged by the United Nations to limit global warming, a study showed on Monday. The top 500 firms by capitalisation accounted for 13.8% of world greenhouse gas emissions and 28% of gross domestic product in 2013, according to the report, drawn up by the information provider Thomson Reuters and BSD Consulting, a global sustainability consultancy. Almost all of us use products from these companies,...
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Australia: Climate Change Authority questions efficiency & effectiveness of Emissions Reduction Fund
2014-12-22 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The government's Climate Change Authority has questioned the efficiency and effectiveness of the Emissions Reduction Fund, the centre piece of the Coalition's controversial "Direct Action" climate policy, and says the scheme is unlikely to deliver on long-standing emissions reduction targets. The authority, charged with providing independent advice on climate-change policy, warned the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) risked paying large amounts to polluters for emission reductions that would have...
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Australia: Direct Action unlikely meet emissions target, says Climate Change Authority
2014-12-22 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The governments climate advisory body has delivered a stark assessment of the Coalitions policies, stating it was unlikely that its Direct Action policy would meet Australias 5% emissions reduction target and calling for the renewable energy target (RET) to remain intact. The Climate Change Authority, which the Coalition unsuccessfully attempted to abolish, has conducted two statutory reviews for the government: one on the RET and one on the carbon farming initiative (CFI). The existing...
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National Hockey League shoots for zero carbon emissions goal for other sports?
2014-12-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The National Hockey League will significantly reduce its carbon footprint -- as well as the greenhouse gas emissions of its 30 franchise teams -- through improved energy conservation, detailed efficiency analyses and the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) under a newly signed agreement with Constellation Energy Group, the league announced yesterday. The deal, which officials say brings the NHL to the fore among major sports leagues for its climate mitigation activities, will rely...
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Study shows the effect that growing beaver population is having on habitat & methane gas emissions
2014-12-19 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There are consequences of the successful efforts worldwide to save beavers from extinction. Along with the strong increase in their population over the past 100 years, these furry aquatic rodents have built many more ponds, establishing vital aquatic habitat. In doing so, however, they have created conditions for climate changing methane gas to be generated in this shallow standing water, and the gas is subsequently released into the atmosphere. In fact, 200 times more of this greenhouse gas is released...
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