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China's Plan for an Emissions Cap Is a Climate Change Turning Point
2014-06-03 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Following Obamas encouraging (if not entirely sufficient) commitment to cut carbon emissions in the US, China has announced that it too will combat its contributions to climate change with an absolute cap on carbon dioxide emissions. Reuters reported that at a Beijing conference today, the chairman of China's Advisory Committee on Climate Change, He Jiankun, revealed targets that will be included in their next five-year plan. These included controls on CO2 emissions by intensity as well as an...
Is New Emissions Plan a Turning Point in Our Love Affair With Coal?
2014-06-02 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Coal built the modern world and still makes its lights glow, but we've reached a turning point in our love affair with this powerful and ancient fuel. The worldwith China and the U.S. in the leadburns more coal now than ever, and our reliance on it to generate electricity keeps rising. But coal pollutes more than oil or natural gas, and scientists say that cutting its use is critical to reducing the impact of climate change. The Obama Administration, amid objections from political foes and...
Totally rubbish: Britain risks turning into a nation of waters
2014-05-27 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: For evidence that confusion about dustbins may have reached some sort of tipping point, note two things: the worrying report this week that an unprecedented fall in recycling, blamed on "green fatigue", could mean Britain misses EU waste targets; and the results of a Google News search for "recycling bins". Bin wars have broken out in parts of Brighton, Brighton and Hove News reports, between residents who welcome the removal of individual recycling bins from pavements and those who can't be bothered...
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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport
2014-05-25 14:30:28| Green Car Congress
Housing sector turning the corner; jobs market firming
2014-05-22 21:46:45| Real Estate - Topix.net
U.S. home resales rose in April and the supply of properties on the market hit its highest level in nearly two years, hopeful signs for the stalled housing market recovery.
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