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US carbon emissions are rising again. Can Obama push them back down?
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: One of the most promising climate-change stories of the last decade was the steep plunge in US carbon dioxide emissions after 2005. Before then, US emissions had been rising relentlessly for decades. Suddenly, they were falling. That drop was partly due to the US fracking boom, which created a glut of cheap natural gas and spurred utilities to burn less coal for electricity. It was partly due to various clean-energy and efficiency measures. And it was partly making real progress on global warming....
Germany's environment minister hits back at opposition to coal levy
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's environment minister on Monday hit back at opposition from leading members of Angela Merkel's conservatives to a proposed coal levy, saying it risked jeopardizing the chancellor's credibility ahead of the G7 summit in June. Germany has made climate one of the key issues of its G7 presidency and hopes to use the summit in Ellmau in Bavaria to encourage others to pledge tough goals to cut greenhouse gases ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris in December. But opposition to plans to...
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BIO urges EPA to get Renewable Fuel Standard back on track.
2015-04-21 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BIO urged EPA to correct flawed methodology in proposed rule for 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard. Agency unveiled proposed consent decree to settle lawsuits regarding EPA’s delays in taking action on 2014 and 2015 rules and will seek stakeholder comment, as required by Clean Air Act, before determining whether to sign decree and to submit it to court for approval. Agency also committed to re-propose volume requirements for 2014 that reflect volumes of renewable fuel that were actually used in 2014.
High-flying Pork Prices Come Back Down to Earth
2015-04-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The global pork industry has been searching for stability during Q1 2015, with strong supply growth and relatively weak demand driving the market, according to the Q2 2015 Rabobank Pork Quarterly.
Futures bounce back with eyes on China, Morgan Stanley
2015-04-20 15:44:13| Toys - Topix.net
U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, following a sharp decline in the previous session, as Chinese steps to stimulate its slowing economy and earnings including those from Morgan Stanley lured money back into equities. * In the second industry-wide cut in two months, China's central bank on Sunday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves in a move to help spur bank lending and combat slowing growth.
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