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Paris agreement a victory for climate science and ultimate defeat for fossil fuels
2015-12-12 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The right hand of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius gripped the gavel in the seconds before striking the historic first global deal on climate change. Dignitaries, politicians and delegates had filed into the packed La Seine plenary room from about 5.30pm here in Paris. But there was still time for some last minute drama. It turned out that a paragraph that contained the word shall should have read should, but the delay was enough to create tension across the venue. But this is...
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Planned UN climate deal blow to fossil fuels: green groups
2015-12-12 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A global accord to tame global warming pending approval at UN talks in Paris on Saturday would be a huge blow to the fossil-fuel industry, Greenpeace and other prominent environment groups said. "The wheel of climate action turns slowly, but in Paris it has turned. This deal puts the fossil fuel industry on the wrong side of history," Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said. Greenpeace, major green groups and climate change researchers gave a mixed report card on the many...
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Powdered metal could replace fossil fuels, eliminate greenhouse gas emissions
2015-12-10 13:30:13| Extremetech
Scientists at McGill University have created a method of using powdered metals as a stable fuel source. In theory, these materials could replace fossil fuels -- and they're recyclable, too. That doesn't mean the path to commercialization will be easy, however.
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Oregon delays clean fuels enforcement until 2017
2015-12-10 02:36:43| Waste Management - Topix.net
Environmental regulators voted Wednesday to delay enforcing Oregon's controversial clean-fuels program until after voters decide next November whether to dismantle it. A Department of Environmental Quality board voted unanimously to push the new standards to 2017, a year later than planned.
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Lloyd's Register sets new standards for low-flashpoint fuels
2015-12-09 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) has introduced a new notation for low-flashpoint fuels (LFPF) that will be effective from January next year.
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