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State of Virginia forms innovative, market-based water quality trading program
2014-12-24 01:13:15| Waste Management - Topix.net
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Environmental Protection Agency joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture , White House Council on Environmental Quality , Commonwealth of Virginia, and others to recognize an innovative, market-based water quality trading program run by the state of Virginia to improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay . The organizations convened at the McConnell Safety Transportation Operation Center, in Fairfax, Va., where they highlighted the cost-effective program that has saved the Commonwealth more than $1 million, demonstrating an innovative means of meeting Clean Water Act stormwater requirements and Virginia state water quality goals for the Bay.
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China: New climate fund to be 'market-based'
2014-12-09 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Daily: China will draw up management measures for the new South-South fund soon, Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation to the United Nations climate change conference in Lima, Peru, said on Tuesday. Xie said the South-South fund will be operated with a "market-based approach" to help developing countries build capacities in coping with climate change. The Chinese government recognizes the existence of climate change and the impact of human activity, Xie said. Xie said China has organized...
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Ahead UN summit climate change, businesses press market-based solutions
2014-09-22 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute. The idea, long advocated by policymakers, economists and environmental activists, is that the world can't hope to slow the heating of the planet until its cost is incorporated into the everyday activities that contribute to it, such as using gas- or coal-generated...
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The climate movement is way too focused on market-based solutions
2014-08-23 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: There was a time when we met overarching challenges with bold public purpose and concerted action as we the people. When the Depression hit, we created large public works projects, building roads, airports, and power dams. When murderous tyranny threatened the world, we became the arsenal of democracy and won World War II. When Europe was sinking in post-war turmoil, we staged the Marshall Plan to rebuild the continent. When John Kennedy set a target to reach the moon in a decade, we...
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Continental calls for market-based adaptation of the legal framework to support autonomous driving
2014-07-07 19:30:36| Green Car Congress
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