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Include indirect emissions in EU biofuels policy, says MEP
2013-04-18 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Proposed amendments to the EU's biofuels policy could see distinctions made between fuels on the basis of their climate impact. The move was advocated in a European Parliament report into the EU's current proposals to tackle the problem of indirect emissions arising from land-use change, published by French MEP Corinne Lepage yesterday. Some studies of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) factors suggest that growing crops for energy displaces agricultural production, forcing farmers to clear forests,...
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Europe's climate chief vows to fight on to save emissions trading scheme
2013-04-18 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe's climate chief vowed on Wednesday to fight on to save the EU's flagship environmental policy, the emissions trading system (ETS), after a serious blow on Tuesday when MEPs rejected reforms aimed at repairing the ailing system. MEPs voted 334 against to 315 in favour of "backloading" the market - a proposal aimed to reverse the plummeting price of carbon that has resulted from a surplus of permits in the ETS market - leading the price of carbon to fall by almost half to under EUR3 on Tuesday....
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Australia: 'Fracking' emissions monitoring to be tightened
2013-04-17 15:38:28| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: The federal government has signalled that it will tighten monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from coal seam gas ''fracking'' projects following a heated debate about how much the industry contributes to global warming. In a discussion paper released on Tuesday, the government proposed that by 2015 companies would have to directly monitor ''fugitive'' methane emissions from coal seam gas production where fracking is used. Fracking involves pumping fluid into rock layers to help extract gas....
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Unilever Reduces CO2 Emissions by One Million Tons
2013-04-15 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Combination of manufacturing and logistics improvements.
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Unilever Reduces CO2 Emissions by One Million Tons
2013-04-15 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Combination of manufacturing and logistics improvements.
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