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Democracy beats deniers on climate change
2014-06-02 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Any American civics lesson includes the "balance of powers" of our government among its three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. When all three branches agree on something, it's hard to argue against it. The latest of those rare alignments was completed when President Obama announced his plan to tackle carbon pollution from dirty power plants -- and it's now time for opponents to get on board and accept the verdict of our democracy. The first two branches of government to agree on...
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Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and Climate Change
2014-06-02 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A has been published today (Monday 2 June) which brings together a collection of papers on many of the unresolved issues relating to the Southern Ocean. Professor Michael Meredith from the British Antarctic Survey was a guest editor on the issue; 'The Southern Ocean: new insights into circulation, carbon and climate'. The research includes: Why greenhouse gases and the ozone holes are melting the Arctic sea ice but are having...
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EPA Fighting Against Climate Change With New Clean Power Plan
2014-06-02 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency, at the direction of the Obama Administration, unveiled the Clean Power Plan, which would cut carbon emissions from exiting power plants. The move, framed as an attempt to fight climate change, would cost between $7.3 billion and $8.8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The EPA said the plan would eventually save between $55 billion and $93 billion in pollution-related costs. "Climate change, fueled by carbon pollution, supercharges...
Sea Change
2014-06-02 18:21:00| Waste Age
A confluence of forcesincluding government mandates, low gas prices and higher-efficiency enginesis behind an increase in the adoption of compressed natural gas by the waste and recycling industry. A confluence of forcesincluding government mandates, low gas prices and higher-efficiency enginesis behind an increase in the adoption of compressed natural gas by the waste and recycling industry. read more
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EPA's climate change proposal focuses on emissions from power plants
2014-06-02 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: A new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) turns the spotlight on emissions from the energy sector, proposing that power companies reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. As Gina McCarthy, administrator for the EPA, explains in the video above, it's an attempt to give states a flexible path to reaching the lofty goal instead of a one-size-fits-all approach. "The flexibility of our Clean Power Plan affords states the choices that...
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