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Want to cut Arctic warming in half? Curb emissions now, study says
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Global warming is changing the Arctic so quickly that experts say we should expect an ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer within just a few decades. But a group of scientists says there is a way to spare the Arctic from more disastrous climate change. In a new paper, they say that reducing global carbon emissions now could cut Arctic warming nearly in half by century's end. Society already has released enough carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere that over the next few decades temperatures...
House committee advances bill to curb EPA power plant rules
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Jan. 28 that would restrict the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to complete greenhouse gas emission regulations for power plants. The committee also approved a bill that would promote energy efficiency in commercial buildings. The Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826), sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) to limit EPA's rulemaking authority on greenhouse gases, advanced on a 29-19 committee vote. The Better...
Obama Renews Call to Curb Carbon Emissions in State of the Union Address
2014-01-29 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama renewed his call to curb US carbon emissions and promised a shift toward cleaner energy production practices in the US. Obama cited the need to continue reducing carbon emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, an echo from the State of the Union address a year ago when he promised he would start tackling climate change with, or without, the help of Congress. "Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total...
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EU acts to curb banks' risky trading
2014-01-29 13:03:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Proposals to isolate some of the riskier trading activities by the banking sector are unveiled by the European Commission.
Beijing's mayor urges "all-out effort" to curb air pollution
2014-01-27 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Reuters) - Beijing's mayor pledged on Thursday to cut coal use by 2.6 million tonnes and set aside 15 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) to improve air quality this year as part of the city's "all-out effort" to tackle air pollution, state news agency Xinhua said. The announcement by Wang Anshun came as the capital was blanketed in its worst smog in months. An index measuring PM2.5 particles, especially bad for health, reached 500 in much of the capital in the early hours. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
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