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Marin OKs ambitious climate change goals
2015-11-12 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Marin Independent: Ambitious goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions were approved this week by county officials who pledged to meet aggressive targets outlined in a climate change action plan. The county, updating its climate change program, said that by 2020 it intends to cut community greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below 1990 levels, and those generated by government activities by 15 percent. Planners, noting that an initial goal in 2006 to cut community emissions by 15 percent by 2020 was met within six...
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Kerry urges 'ambitious' climate deal, warns on food security
2015-10-17 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged global leaders on Saturday to agree an "ambitious" deal at a climate conference in Paris in December, saying global warming was the biggest threat to global food security. "We need every country on the same page, pushing an ambitious, durable and inclusive agreement that will finally put us on the path toward a global clean-energy future," Kerry told an audience at the Milan Expo, where the focus is on "Feeding the planet" and new approaches to sustainable...
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Toyota sets ambitious target for hardly any gas engine cars by 2050, only hybrids, fuel cells
2015-10-14 11:09:25| Automakers - Topix.net
Toyota, under new environmental targets, will be selling hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions. Toyota Motor Corp. announced its ambitious vision at a Tokyo museum Wednesday, promising to push governments, affiliated companies and other "stakeholders" to by 2050 reduce average emissions from Toyota cars by 90 per cent compared with 2010 levels.
India's Ambitious Climate Change Plan
2015-10-11 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Javadekar told the daily that India, on the basis of its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), would take various measures to increase the country's "carbon sink through a massive afforestation drive". The INDC states explicitly that "coal will continue to dominate power generation in the future" and mentioned developing "clean coal" technologies. In September 2013, 209 lead authors and 600 contributing authors from 39 nations concluded: global warming is "unequivocal", sea levels...
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Ambitious Renewables Bill Signed Into Law in Calif
2015-10-08 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed into law a bill requiring California to produce half its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, a goal he said was key to combating global climate change. "A decarbonized future is the reason we're here," Brown said at a signing ceremony in Los Angeles. "What we're doing here is very important, especially for low-income families." California Governor Jerry Brown speaks at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and five United States governors to discuss...
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