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NEB's skirting of climate change issue can't last forever
2015-07-04 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Try as it might, the National Energy Board just can't escape the climate change discussion. In his campaign trail unveiling this week of the Liberal Party's new green agenda, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau singled out the country's energy regulator for the part he believes it should play in curbing Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Not long ago, the NEB was just a sleepy regulator that went about the business of setting tolls and monitoring pipelines with little attention and even less fanfare....
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Tories to change inheritance tax rule
2015-07-04 10:06:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Chancellor George Osborne is to announce the end of inheritance tax on family homes worth up to 1m in Wednesday's Budget.
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UN climate change chief tells charities to stop complaining about global warming
2015-07-04 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Environmental charities should spend less time complaining about global warming and more time coming up with workable solutions to the problem, the UNs climate change chief has said. NGOs have traditionally spent their time in opposition and must devote more of their efforts to being constructive, according to Janos Pasztor, the former WWF campaigner who is now UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moons official climate change spokesman. There is a role for opposition and saying no but there is...
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China's climate change promise opens way global deal
2015-07-04 00:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: China has sent countries sitting on the sidelines of international climate change negotiations a powerful message. Its pledge to substantially cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent more than previously indicated lifts expectations others will make similar promises. With common ground having been found with the European Union and the US, momentum for an agreement is building. That amounts to the best hope yet of a meaningful deal being struck at UN talks in Paris in December. The goals laid...
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WMO: Premature to Tell If Intense Heat Linked to Climate Change
2015-07-03 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: The World Meteorological Organization said it is too soon to know whether intense heat waves sweeping Europe, parts of the United States and southern China are linked to climate change. The WMO said more investigation is needed to determine the cause of the phenomenon. Millions of people throughout Europe are wilting under temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius, in some cases. The World Meteorological Organization warned no immediate respite from the extreme heat is in sight as many parts...
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