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OTA reacts to Ontario's announcement of a carbon cap and trade program
2015-04-14 14:13:43| Trucking - Topix.net
An announcement yesterday that Ontario will join Quebec in introducing a carbon cap and trade system raised questions about how the trucking industry will be affected. The Ontario Trucking Association reacted with questions about how funds raised will be reinvested.
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Prepay Power, Cut Carbon
2015-04-13 21:24:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Jamie Wimberly Pricing Tool Worthy of Environmentalists Support Environmental advocates have always heavily relied on government-imposed mandates and targets to achieve their objectives. Last week, the Obama administration unveiled their climate change plan to reduce emissions by 28 percent over the next decade utilizing a mix of higher efficiency standards and restrictions on coal-fired power plants. The environmental community duly applauded. read more
Fossil fuel subsidies tempt us burn more carbon, says World Bank chief
2015-04-13 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Jim Yong Kim said awareness of the impact of extreme weather events that have been linked to rising temperatures was more marked in developing nations than in rich western countries, and backed for the adoption of a five-point plan to deliver low-carbon growth. Speaking to the Guardian ahead of this weeks half-yearly meeting of the World Bank in Washington DC, Kim said he had been impressed by the energy of the divestment campaigns on university campuses in the US, aimed at persuading investors...
B.C. farmland lost to tree planting for carbon credits is a frightening loss
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of hectares of agricultural land in British Columbia are being planted with trees so that companies can gain credits for carbon sequestration, says NDP agricultural critic Lana Popham. During a tour of the province, the MLA has been hearing about the practice from ranchers and farmers who are worried about the loss of food productivity and who say they are being outbid for good farmland by large, foreign corporations. Given the massive drought in California and the uncertain future...
Coal makes comeback thanks to carbon price repeal, emissions rise
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Tony Abbott has seized the chance to gloat about the fall in electricity prices since the carbon price was scrapped, so it's only fair we acknowledge another result of this crusade. Nine months after the carbon price was repealed, the good times are back for some of the most carbon-intensive electricity generators in the developed world. Carbon emissions from electricity had been steadily falling for a couple of years but since the rollback in July, this trend promptly reversed. Carbon emissions...
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