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Carbon pricing needed to control airline CO2 emissions: study
2013-03-04 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Aviation pollution can only be stabilized by the middle of the century if a price is set on airline carbon emissions, research said, countering industry hopes that green goals can be met via technology improvements and biofuels. A European Union scheme to force airlines using EU airports to pay for their carbon emissions caused an international outcry, forcing the European Commission to propose a year-long freeze of its law. As an alternative to the EU scheme, U.N. body the International Civil...
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Chinese power firm's emissions trading reaps millions
2013-03-04 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A Chinese power generating firm that uses coal-bed methane as materials announced on Friday that it received 278 million yuan (44 million U.S. dollars) in 2012 through participating in an emissions trading scheme that forms part of the Kyoto Protocol. The Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group (JAMG), based in China's largest coal-producing province of Shanxi, generated 1.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity last year with natural methane gas extracted from coal beds, according to the company....
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EPA Recognizes Medical Centers And Universities For Emissions Reductions And Energy Savings
2013-03-04 01:02:41| pollutiononline News Articles
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized five facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for their efforts to reduce emissions that threaten public health while increasing energy reliability and efficiency
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NASA begins ACCESS flight research to study effects of biojet fuels on engine performance, emissions and contrails
2013-03-01 22:30:19| Green Car Congress
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New emissions trading scheme kicks off in California
2013-03-01 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoSeed: California has implemented a new cap and trade scheme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the United States most populous state. Companies whose activities release 25,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually are expected to comply with the new cap and trade program. For 2013, the scheme has come in effect for companies involved in the electrical industry and energy intensive manufacturing companies. Other sectors, such as transportation fuels and natural gas use by residential...
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