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US carbon emissions fall 3.4% in 2012
2014-04-18 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Total greenhouse gas emissions in the US fell by 3.4% over the course of 2012, taking the country more than halfway towards its reduction target for 2020, according to newly released figures. The 19th edition of the US Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) annual national emissions inventory reveals that the countrys emissions totalled 6,526m metric tons in 2012. This cut equals a reduction of almost 10% from 2005 levels the benchmark by which the US government measures its emission reductions....
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GOP Fears Cost of Obama Plan to Cut Cattle Methane Emissions
2014-04-18 00:04:58| Livestock - Topix.net
The Obama administration has released a Climate Action Plan that includes a call to reduce methane gas emissions from dairy cows by 25 percent by 2020.
US Underestimates Methane Emissions From Fracking Report
2014-04-17 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novosit: The amount of methane emitted by natural gas extraction, including fracking, is grossly underestimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a new study published in the US-based Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Thirteen scientists from different academic and research institutions and fields co-authored the report, which used special airborne instruments to identify large sources of methane and quantify emission rates in southwestern Pennsylvania....
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U.S. GHG Emissions Lowest Level in 20 Years
2014-04-16 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 3.4 percent in 2012 from 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. Those emissions are down 10 percent from what they were in 2005, the EPA said, and are at their lowest levels since 1994. Most of the decline came from reductions in energy consumption, increased fuel efficiency of cars and other types of transportation, and a shift to natural gas from coal in fueling power plants, the EPA said in a statement. Whether the decline in emissions...
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Canada: Oil Sands Company Given Four Months to Halt Emissions in Alberta
2014-04-16 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Baytex says residents oppose measures to contain gas emissions Families hope new video will help fight bitumen extraction Peace Country families demand shutdown of bitumen facilities Bitumen facility blamed for Peace Country health woes Mike Labrecque wears a gas mask when he visits his Peace Country property, which he abandoned more than two years ago. (CBC) Families forced from their homes in the Peace Country, received some welcome news today when the Alberta Energy Regulator ordered an...
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