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The economics of carbon emissions
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Maverick: Leaders the world over are moving to ensure their countries are reducing their carbon emissions, and the latest change along these lines has come from US president Barack Obama. South Africa, like it or not, has a seat on the bus of the global economy and this bus is heading slowly but surely in the direction of taxing or pricing carbon-dioxide emissions. And no, we cant get off. By DIRK DE VOS. In a long-anticipated move, President Obama announced a new proposed rule that will look to reduce...
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Best of both worlds? Northeast cut emissions and enjoyed growth
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Some critics of the Environmental Protection Agencys new requirements for power plants argue that forcing emissions reduction will curtail economic growth. But the recent experience of states that already cap carbon emissions reveals that emissions and economic growth are no longer tightly tied together. One of the ways that states will be able to meet the new E.P.A. standards is by joining a Northeastern cap-and-trade program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which first put in...
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Carbon dioxide emissions rise w/ rebounding economy
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: After a five-year decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise again. The culprit: a rebounding economy. CO2 emissions from fossil fuels rose 2.39 percent in 2013 compared with 2012 and grew 7.45 percent for the first two months of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, according to new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The jump puts an end to the annual decrease...
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Reducing Deforestation could Decrease Carbon Emissions by a Fifth
2014-06-07 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Saving trees would reduce carbon dioxide emission by a fifth, new study suggests. According to the researchers, tropical forests absorb some two billion tons of carbon, which is equivalent to a fifth of world's carbon emissions. The trees store the carbon in their barks and leaves. Human activities such as logging and forest fires significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers said that if reducing deforestations could cut carbon emission levels by a fifth. The study was conducted...
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In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics
2014-06-07 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The cries of protest have been fierce, warning that President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gases from power plants will bring soaring electricity bills and even plunge the nation into blackouts. By the time the administration is finished, one prominent critic said, "millions of Americans will be freezing in the dark." Yet cuts on the scale Mr. Obama is calling for - a 30 percent reduction in emissions from the nation's electricity industry by 2030 - have already been accomplished in parts of...
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