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Germany won't support EU auto CO2 emissions deal: sources
2013-06-26 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany will not support a European Union compromise deal to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for all new EU automobiles from 2020, government sources told Reuters in Berlin on Wednesday. The sources said the deal would be too much of a burden on luxury German car makers like Daimler and BMW. The EU's outline agreement on implementing a target of 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (g/km) still needs the official endorsement of EU member states. Member states last week rejected...
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MEPs strike 95g/km deal with Irish Presidency for car CO2 emissions
2013-06-26 15:30:15| Green Car Congress
Obama Links Keystone Approval to Carbon Emissions
2013-06-26 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to Texas should only be approved if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution. The $7 billion pipeline has become a contentious issue, with Republicans touting the jobs it would create and demanding its approval and environmentalists urging the Obama administration to reject it, because it would carry carbon-intensive oil from Canadian tar sands to the Texas Gulf Coast. "Allowing the Keystone pipeline to...
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UK given carbon emissions warning
2013-06-26 02:01:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK is not on track to hit its climate change targets through the 2020s, government advisers have warned.
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UK given carbon emissions warning
2013-06-26 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK is not on track to hit its climate change targets through the 2020s, government advisers have warned. The Committee on Climate Change said carbon emissions rose in 2012 by 3.5%. After the figures were adjusted for the cold weather and a greater use of coal to make electricity, emissions fell - but by 1% compared with the 3% target. The report also warned the Green Deal scheme, designed to incentivise people to insulate their homes, appeared to have had the opposite effect. There...
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