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After Paris, UKs latest carbon budget just isnt ambitious enough
2016-07-04 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: A major new climate policy was announced by the UK government on June 30, almost unnoticed in the Brexit aftermath. The medias focus on Westminster backstabbing meant the countrys latest carbon budget, widely heralded as unambiguously good news for the environment, hasnt had the scrutiny it deserves. The Fifth Carbon Budget effectively commits the UK to reducing emissions by 57% from 1990 levels by sometime between 2028 and 2032. These budgets serve as five-year stepping stones towards...
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UK Government's fifth carbon budget aims to reduce emissions by 57%
2016-07-04 01:00:00| Power Technology
The UK Government has adopted the fifth carbon budget to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2032 by 57% when compared to levels in 1990.
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Developed nations emitting more carbon than India: TS Thakur
2016-07-02 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Developed nations are emitting more carbon than developing countries like India, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said while emphasising the importance of international law as a very "effective instrument" for protection of human rights and environment. Highlighting the importance of International Law in the current scenario, he said in the era of conflict of jurisdictions across the globe, it is an apt time that "we prepare ourselves to address issues like dispute of river water, space...
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Southeast Asian fires emitted most carbon last year since 1997, topped entire EU output
2016-07-02 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: Forest fires that blanketed Southeast Asia in thick haze last year released the greatest amount of climate-changing carbon since the record blazes in 1997, producing emissions higher than in the whole of the European Union, scientists said on Tuesday. Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia choked under a layer of toxic smog in September and October, caused by thousands of fires started in Indonesia to clear land for palm oil trees and for pulp and paper plantations. The fires and resulting...
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ExxonMobil Lobbies for Carbon Tax Credit
2016-07-01 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HybridCars: ExxonMobil is lobbying for a carbon tax credit in Washington, which would support its natural gas division and could deflect investigations into its climate change scandal. Calling for the federal government to enact a revenue-neutral tax on carbon would encourage carbon producers like oil companies and power plants to shift to energy sources that emit less carbon. Carbon taxes would make coal more expensive, raising electricity rates and driving demand for cleaner energy. Fueling power plants...
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