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China become worlds leading carbon emissions trader
2015-09-26 09:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: China and the US are ready to strike a global carbon emissions trade deal to form a market for industries producing greenhouse gas emissions. The deal was confirmed at a meeting between the Chinese and American presidents. Beijing will launch the world's largest emissions trading program in 2017. The market will serve the interests of top CO2 greenhouse gas emitting industries, including fossil fuel burning electric power generation, cement and steel production. A joint announcement from Chinese...
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India: Vacate carbon space to accomodate us, enviro minister asks developed world
2015-09-26 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: India will confirm plans next week for a five-fold increase in renewable energy by 2020, the environment minister said. But it will continue to champion poor countries in their demand that industrialized nations assume the brunt of responsibility for decades of climate-warming emissions. Describing poverty as a key source of global pollution, Prakash Javadekar told The Associated Press (AP) on Thursday that nations hoping to reach a global climate pact in Paris in December must commit to a world...
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China Pledges New Actions to Reduce Carbon Emissions
2015-09-26 02:51:58| ENR.com: Headline News
Plans include cap-and-trade system by 2017 and 50% boost in urban green buildings by 2020.
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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels
2015-09-25 23:55:29| Green Car Congress
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Climate Change and Tree Growth: New Trees Cant Handle As Much Carbon As We Thought, Study Shows
2015-09-25 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Photosynthesis is driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide, so trees are often planted to capture and store the increasing carbon emissions we face today. It turns out that our reliance on them may be overestimated, according to a recent study. To better understand future tree growth related to increased carbon emissions, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom modeled future land cover and use. They discovered that forests...
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