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Enova pledges $259M for Hydros pilot aluminum plant in Norway; next-gen electrolysis

2014-06-14 13:30:33| Green Car Congress

US, China pledges give new hope to international climate talks

2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Deutsche-Welle: China and the US have backed up their pledges of concrete action on climate at ministerial negotiations in Germany's UN capital, Bonn, giving new hope that a global agreement can be reached in 2015. German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks made her debut at international climate change negotiations in Bonn this week, as ministers aim to come up with a new global climate agreement by the Paris summit in 2015. "The Paris protocol has to take us to a zero-carbon future," Hendricks (above...

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China Pledges Cap Carbon Emissions: Obama's Bilateral Talks Succeeded

2014-06-03 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Kos: The Pacific ocean is warming rapidly. This is apparently the early stage of a developing El Nino which will likely lead to record global warmth in the next 2 years. The day after President Obama announced his plan to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants 30% from 2005 levels, China's climate chairman has announced that, for the first time, China will place an absolute cap on carbon emissions. In tandem, these announcements are critical to stopping runaway climate warming because China and the...

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GE pledges jobs for Alstom deal

2014-05-28 13:16:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

US company General Electric commits to creating 1,000 new jobs in France, as part of efforts to reassure the French government about its bid for Alstom.

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