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Canada: Hydro power needed to meet states 2020 carbon goal
2016-04-24 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: For those inclined to see the glass half full, Massachusetts has made enormous strides in reducing its carbon emissions. Coal-fired plants, the worst offenders, are dying out across the Commonwealth. Investments in energy efficiency have lowered demand. The solar panels sprouting up along the Massachusetts Turnpike are only the most visible of the new generation of green technologies feeding power into homes and businesses. Yet a state report last year found that without new legislation, the Commonwealth...
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How Can We Reduce Concretes Hefty Carbon Footprint?
2016-04-24 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A roomful of materials scientists, gathered at UCLA for a recent conference on "grand challenges in construction materials,' slowly passed a brick-size white block around the room. They held in their hands, briefly, part of the solution to one of those grand challenges. The white block, rock solid and surprisingly lightweight, was a new alternative to cement, the glue that holds together aggregate, or crushed rock, to make the world's most ubiquitous building material: concrete. Production of...
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Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for World Bank & I.M.F
2016-04-24 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are pressing governments to impose a price tag on planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, using economic leverage and technical assistance that institutions like the United Nations cannot muster. The campaign by two of the largest international lenders comes as world leaders have begun to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the United Nations accord that is supposed to commit nearly every country to take action to reduce emissions of greenhouse...
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Climate change: Malaysia takes lead in cutting carbon
2016-04-23 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Melaka, a popular tourist destination, is one of the smallest states in Malaysia and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also no stranger to population growth and urban development. But all that comes at a price. For Melaka, the result is an increase in pollution. For years, there has been construction along the banks of the River Melaka. In addition, rubbish and raw untreated sewage were poured into it. Heavily polluted, it took 15 years of investment and cost $107m to clean up the waterway....
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Carbon tax key in stopping pollution
2016-04-22 14:08:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Observer: Spring is the most beautiful season in the Carolinas cool nights and mild days, colored with dogwoods, redbuds and azaleas. Just dont count on your grandchildren enjoying the same beauty. We think of nature as immutable, but the fossil record shows that the earths environment is very fragile. Perhaps the era of beautiful Carolina springs was changing anyway, but it was changing at an evolutionary pace. Industrialization has significantly accelerated that flux and has launched us into an unprecedented...
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