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World leaders agree to tackle climate change
2015-12-14 23:34:00| National Hog Farmer
Compiled by National Hog Farmer Leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed to a deal over the weekend that intends to reverse, or at least limit, the rise in global temperatures by reducing greenhouse gases. read more
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Auto Industry CEOs Unite In Rare Vow To Tackle Climate Change
2015-12-14 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Its not easy to get the worlds major automakers to agree on anything. But even before last weekends landmark climate change agreement by world leaders in Paris, 13 auto industry chief executives from the U.S., Europe and Asia had pledged to accelerate the development of cleaner vehicles to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The CEOs of General Motors, Ford Motor, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Nissan-Renault Alliance, Volvo Group, Beijing Automotive Group and Indias Mahindra & Mahindra, along...
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Asian Development Bank agrees loans to China to tackle pollution
2015-12-10 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to loan China $430 million to support government efforts to reduce coal use and tackle the choking smog that regularly envelops the capital and other major cities, it said on Thursday. In the first of two loans, the bank will provide $130 million to Qingdao in the eastern province of Shandong for a project to use non-coal sources of energy for heating, cooling as well as power production and distribution. The second loan will provide $300 million...
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Text plan to tackle nuisance calls
2015-12-08 01:01:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Mobile phone users will be able to send a text to opt out of receiving marketing calls, under regulator's plans.
Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
2015-12-05 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A Paris climate agreement must not let ships off the hook for their greenhouse gas emissions, delegates heard at a side event of COP21 on Saturday. Accounting for 2-3% of global emissions today, the sector`s share is projected to grow to 6-14% by 2050 as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) refuses to cap carbon. If not addressed, this will make it hard to meet a UN goal to hold global warming to 2C or even 1.5C, experts warned. Tony de Brum, foreign minister of the Marshall Islands,...
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