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Germany wins backing of EU ministers to block car emissions law
2013-10-14 20:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: European Union environment ministers on Monday agreed to German demands to scrap an agreement to cap EU car emissions that Berlin argued would cost jobs and damage its premium auto makers. After months of forceful lobbying from Germany, the ministers from the 28 EU member states agreed to reopen a deal sealed in June, but said they would work to secure it in weeks, not months. German carmakers Daimler and BMW produce heavier and less fuel-efficient vehicles than those from firms such as Italy's...
Top EU powers backing down over aviation emissions: sources
2013-10-02 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: European countries expressed support for an "imperfect" compromise to curb global aviation emissions on Wednesday but still face pressure to drop a key demand - to be able to apply the EU's carbon trading scheme to foreign air carriers. Delegates to the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are meeting in Montreal to try to hammer out a global agreement to set a path toward creating a global market-based mechanism by 2020 that would help limit growing carbon emissions in the...
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Paulson, Bloomberg backing study of U.S. climate impacts
2013-10-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are sponsoring a study of how climate change will affect the United States and what that disruption will cost. The true price of deadly storms, prolonged drought and other extreme weather that most scientists believe is climate change brought about by human actions is unknown. That knowledge could aid business and government leaders trying to respond to the changes, the men said in a video statement announcing...
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HS2 chairman seeks all-party backing
2013-09-26 04:09:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The newly appointed chairman of the HS2 rail link tells the BBC it is essential the 50bn scheme has cross-party support.
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SEC talks on Nasdaq failure to focus on backing up system
2013-09-11 23:41:49| Automakers - Topix.net
Federal regulators and stock exchange executives are likely to focus on the stock quotes processor behind Nasdaq 's trading halt last month, but a quick resolution of system outages or market weak spots at the meeting on Thursday is unlikely.
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