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Declaring Our Independence from Carbon Pollution
2013-07-04 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last week, I watched President Obama stand up to the fossil fuel industry and all their friends in Congress and for future generations as he outlined his national Climate Action Plan. The speech was clear sighted on both the core problem of carbon pollution and the fact were already paying for it in spades. It was bold in following through on a promise to take action if Congress failed. Most important, though, this was the first time in a generation when a U.S. president officially broke the silence...
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Emissions Trading Reforms Raise Pollution Permits Price
2013-07-04 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Critical reforms to Europe's flagship scheme for cutting carbon emissions were passed for the first time on Wednesday in the European parliament. The move immediately caused the price of pollution permits, currently near rock bottom, to rise. Policymakers believe a higher price is essential to encourage more greenhouse gas reductions. The EU emissions trading scheme, the largest in the world and now being replicated in China, is intended to tackle climate change by reducing CO2 emissions across...
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VIDEO: 'We want to put a price on pollution'
2013-07-04 14:58:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
In a surprise move, the European Parliament passed a bill that could affect on energy bills for next 40 years, by pushing up the price of carbon allowances in the EU's emissions trading scheme.
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Europe must tackle air pollution, warn UN scientists
2013-07-04 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The health effects of air pollution have been underestimated and Europe should review its laws to tackle the problem, UN scientists have concluded after a major review of new evidence. Sixty international scientists, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, analysed eight years of studies to see how minute specks of soot, gases such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and other pollutants from road and rail traffic, industry and indoor fires harm human health. In addition to premature...
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Algae species shows promise in reducing power plant pollution and making biofuel
2013-07-02 17:30:13| Green Car Congress
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