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10 US cities vow to cut emissions from buildings
2014-01-29 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Mayors from 10 U.S. cities took aim at their skylines Wednesday, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their buildings. While power plants are the nation's No. 1 carbon emitter, it has long been known that businesses and homes also contribute to carbon dioxide pollution. Most of it comes from the burning of fossil fuels for heating, cooling and lighting. Many of the participating cities -- Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Mo., Los Angeles, Orlando, Fla., Philadelphia...
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Obama Renews Call to Curb Carbon Emissions in State of the Union Address
2014-01-29 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama renewed his call to curb US carbon emissions and promised a shift toward cleaner energy production practices in the US. Obama cited the need to continue reducing carbon emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, an echo from the State of the Union address a year ago when he promised he would start tackling climate change with, or without, the help of Congress. "Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total...
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New study to investigate emissions from commercial buses in fleet operations
2014-01-29 16:30:11| Green Car Congress
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Casella Selects Verisae Software by Hara to Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2014-01-29 09:15:03| Waste Management - Topix.net
Casella is a leading provider of waste, recycling, and resource management services to residential, commercial, institutional, municipal, and industrial customers throughout the northeast.
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Toxic compound air emissions from Anheuser-Busch brewery show steady decline
2014-01-29 03:15:59| Beverages - Topix.net
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory shows that ammonia releases at the Anheuser-Busch brewery decreased in 2012 to 20,657 pounds.
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