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Airlines start waiving Florida change fees ahead of Erika
2015-08-29 05:28:23| Airlines - Topix.net
Southwest Airlines an American Airlines have issued flexible rebooking policies for some Florida airports as Tropical Storm Erika appears increasingly likely to affect the state. Big U.S. airlines had already Airlines start waiving Florida change fees ahead of Erika Southwest Airlines an American Airlines have issued flexible rebooking policies for some Florida airports as Tropical Storm Erika appears increasingly likely to affect the state.
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Political battles simmer ahead of Obama's strict climate change plan
2015-08-03 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS: HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama is proposing the toughest regulations in U.S. history to combat climate change. In a video previewing tomorrows announcement, the president says climate change is not an opinion, but a fact and a threat. He calls power plants the biggest domestic source of polluting emissions that contribute to global warming. The most significant rule would require existing power plants to cut emissions from 2005 levels by 32 percent by 2030. Other rules would limit construction...
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China makes carbon pledge ahead of Paris climate change summit
2015-06-30 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 60-65% from 2005 levels under a plan submitted to the United Nations ahead of crucial climate change talks in Paris later this year. The pledge has been eagerly awaited as the country is the worlds largest carbon emitter. China said it would increase the share of non-fossil fuels as part of its primary energy consumption to about 20% by 2030, and peak emissions by around the same point, though it would...
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Australia in the climate change spotlight ahead of Paris summit
2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Herald: This article is part of Climate for Change, a Fairfax Media series on global warming. Full coverage can be found here. 2nd Degree columns can be found here. The Chinese bureaucrat pushed the point. Was, he wondered, Australia expecting the world to do more to address climate change than it was prepared to do itself? Back home, the Abbott government was furiously arguing that there was nothing unusual about this that the probe was a standard part of the laborious theatre of international...
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California Joins 12-State Climate Change Agreement Ahead Of 2015 UN Conference In Paris
2015-05-20 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: California has joined a pact with 11 other states and countries to slash greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change. Gov. Jerry Brown signed an agreement Tuesday as part of a broader effort to pressure global leaders to adopt an aggressive emissions treaty at a United Nations-led summit in Paris later this year. This global challenge requires bold action on the part of governments everywhere, Brown said in a statement. Its time to be decisive. Its time to act. The 12-member agreement...
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