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U.N. faces uphill battle to reduce global airline emissions
2013-05-13 18:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Little progress has been made in a United Nations' effort to craft an agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions from international air travel, raising doubts that its civil aviation body can deliver a final resolution by a September target date, several government officials said on Monday. Representatives to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said a high-level group of representatives from 17 countries tapped to expedite a global agreement continues to be bogged down by a few...
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UK to oppose EU vehicle emissions target
2013-05-13 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government is to oppose a proposal for a tough new EU-wide target on carbon emissions from vehicles, provoking protests from environmental campaigners. The proposal for a 2025 target, by which emissions per car should not exceed 70g of carbon dioxide per kilometre, was made by Fiona Hall, a Liberal Democrat MEP. At present, the European commission is working with member states and MEPs to put in place targets on emissions from cars that would apply for the period from now to 2020. The...
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USA holds key to aviation emissions deal
2013-05-13 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: United Nations negotiations to contain emissions from planes and ships recommence in Montreal and London this week, with hopes for a global climate change deal in 2015 resting on these two sectors. Only China, USA, India and Russia emit more atmosphere-warming greenhouse gases than the global contribution of shipping and aviation, which tops 1.6 bn tonnes of CO2 a year. These talks are difficult given the limited alternatives to each mode of transport and increasing demand around the planet....
CNRL hopes to turn emissions into algae
2013-05-12 01:50:23| Energy - Topix.net
Steve Laut president of Canadian Natural, speaks about the announcement of a new multimillion dollar project that will convert industrial emissions into valuable products.
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Earth Networks Monitoring System Captures Historic High Milestone Of Carbon Emissions At Mauna Loa
2013-05-10 22:24:00| pollutiononline News Articles
For the first time since measurements began in 1958 by acclaimed researcher Dr. Charles David Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) this week
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