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The role of Chinas forests in mitigating climate change
2013-07-27 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Agro Forestry: Forest areas in China are rapidly expanding through reforestation and afforestation activities. There has been much discussion in China about opportunities for climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and through opportunities for producing feedstock for electricity generation and liquid fuels from new forest plantations. There has been less discussion about the role that existing forests could and should play in climate change mitigation. A recent set of studies carried out by an...
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Roundtable: mitigating oil spill risks as operators drill deeper
2013-06-07 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
As new offshore leases become available, experts are sounding the call for improved disaster oversight. In a roundtable interview, Sarah Blackman spoke to a panel of industry executives to discuss the importance of risk management in preventing oil s
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National Grid Joins AGA In Praising New Report Highlighting The Role Of Natural Gas In Mitigating Climate Change
2013-06-05 09:20:00| pollutiononline News Articles
National Grid US President Tom King recently joined the American Gas Association in praising a new report issued jointly by the Center for Climate Change and Energy Solutions and The University of Texas
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