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Its Hazy, but Chinas Carbon Emissions May Have Peaked
2016-04-03 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A year and a half ago, negotiators from the United States persuaded the Chinese government to commit to a deadline for reversing the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from China. The Obama administration portrayed the pledge as a major victory because China produces more of the gases that cause global warming than any other country, a quarter of the world's total. Though the deadline was far off, in 2030, environmentalists said the concession by Beijing was a significant breakthrough in efforts...
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High-stakes claims, hazy precedent steer Keystone XL lawsuit
2016-01-11 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: TransCanada Corp.'s attempt to resuscitate the Keystone XL pipeline promises a drawn out legal battle over President Obama's rejection of the long-embattled oil project. The pipeline backer Wednesday lodged dual complaints challenging Obama's November rejection of the proposed oil pipeline. While one complaint seeks to recover sunk investments under the North American Free Trade Agreement (EnergyWire, Jan. 7), the other asks a federal court in Texas to declare that Obama was constitutionally out...
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Hot and hazy: Ozone alert declared for Tuesday in the Baton Rouge region
2015-07-28 02:32:35| Waste Management - Topix.net
The state Department of Environmental Quality declared Tuesday an ozone action day because air pollution could get high enough in the afternoon to cause health problems for some people in the Baton Rouge region. Parishes involved in the alert include East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Ascension and Pointe Coupee.
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New Horizons reveals hazy skies on Pluto, beautiful true color images
2015-07-24 20:59:10| Extremetech
NASA unveiled new images today from its New Horizons mission to Pluto, showing more detail on the dwarf planet's surface -- as well as additional evidence of flowing ice.
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Hazy skies the backdrop for Obama's climate talks in India
2015-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: When President Barack Obama arrives in New Delhi on Sunday he will join the Indian capital's masses in breathing some of the world's filthiest air. Hazy skies will serve as the backdrop to meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other officials who are expected to discuss India's biggest environmental woes: Heavy reliance on fossil fuels that has transformed New Delhi into the planet's most polluted capital and made India the third biggest national emitter of greenhouse gases. With...
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