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Energy Study Finds That EPA's Clean Power Plan Will Not Jeopardize The Reliability Of U.S. Power System
2015-02-23 04:12:26| pollutiononline News Articles
The design and implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which is intended to reduce the U.S. electric system’s CO2 emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, will not jeopardize or compromise the reliability of the U.S. power system, according to a study by Analysis Group energy experts
Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates
2015-02-20 13:55:42| Green Car Congress
Assessing carbon stock value of forests is tricky business, study finds
2015-02-20 00:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: With financial incentives encouraging maintenance of carbon stocks and the increased popularity of carbon trading between countries, a forest has become economically a lot more than a clump of trees that supplements livelihoods. A forest now has an intrinsic value by just existing, a value that can be measured in economic terms. A study recently published in Forest Ecology and Management examines the carbon stock value of forests in Guyana, finding dramatic differences between different kinds of...
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New Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
2015-02-19 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: In 1989, the United Nations enforced a treaty to regulate the use and production of chemicals that cause ozone depletion. Since then, the Montreal Protocol has had six amendments to include scientific update on substances that damage Earths atmosphere. A recent report by scientists from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds states that some chemicals not included in the treaty have been damaging the ozone layer. These very short-lived substances (VSLS) are increasing in...
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Animals tend to evolve toward larger size over time, Stanford study finds
2015-02-19 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Does evolution follow certain rules? If, in the words of the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, one could “rewind the tape of life”, would certain biological trends reemerge? Asked another way: can evolution be predicted?New research suggests that, for at least one important biological trait-body size-the answer is yes. In one of the most comprehensive studies of body size evolution ever conducted, Stanford scientists have found …
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