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UK government: To propose 50 percent CO2 emissions cut by 2030

2013-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Wall Street Journal: he U.K. government will propose that the European Union should commit to a legally binding 50% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide, compared with 1990 levels, by 2030, the country's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, said in a statement Saturday. The EU already targets a 20% cut in CO2 emissions by 2020, but this reduction is not ambitious enough, Mr. Davey said. So EU member states should commit to a unilateral 40% cut in emissions by 2030, and a 50% cut if a broader global...

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Toronto artist Franke James says Harper government monitored her climate change artwork

2013-05-25 02:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ottawa Citizen: More than two dozen senior officials and diplomats in Prime Minister Stephen Harpers Conservative government monitored information about a Toronto artist over her criticism of the oil and gas industrys environmental performance. This behind the scenes reaction was described in passages from more than 2,000 internal federal emails and other records, featured in a new book Banned on the Hill released this month by the artist and environmental activist, Franke James. This is a small fraction...

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Harper Government Grows Agricultural Trade Partnerships With Russia and Kazakhstan

2013-05-23 17:26:17| Livestock - Topix.net

Russia and Kazakhstan's interest in Canadian agricultural products and expertise is increasing.

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UK: Scots Government 'disappointed' over minimum price battle

2013-05-23 16:36:15| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

A Scottish Government representative has said that the drinks industry's on-going legal challenge over minimum unit pricing is "disappointing", and has argued there is no need for the policy to be decided by European authorities.

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IBM Makes Case For 'Fast Government'

2013-05-23 14:25:00| TechWeb

New report says federal agencies can improve performance by implementing gaming, mobile and other technologies that speed up operations.

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