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Canada: With groundbreaking, large-scale carbon capture finds home in oil patch
2014-09-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: The elusive dream of commercial carbon capture and storage may finally be moving closer to reality, in part thanks to the nation's crude oil boom. NRG Energy Inc. and its partner JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. broke ground Friday on a project here that both companies believe will be one for the record books. The 50-50 venture aims to pull carbon dioxide from the waste stream coming from a coal-fired power plant just southwest of Houston and make money by selling the CO2 to nearby oil producers....
Agricultural revolution in Africa could increase global carbon emissions
2014-09-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Productivity-boosting agricultural innovations in Africa could lead to an increase in global deforestation rates and carbon emissions, a Purdue University study finds. Historically, improvements in agricultural technology have conserved land and decreased carbon emissions at the global level: Gaining better yields in one area lessens the need to clear other areas for crops, sidestepping a land conversion process that can significantly raise the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere....
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Carbon emissions surged at a record pace last year: World Meteorological Organization
2014-09-09 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Devastating floods in Jammu & Kashmir are already raising alarm about climate change induced extreme weather events, now the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin released on Tuesday revealed some grim statistics. The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin showed that between 1990 and 2013 there was a 34% increase in radiative forcing or the warming effect on climate because of long-lived greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide. CO2 levels...
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ACI-NA launches airport carbon accreditation programme
2014-09-09 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) has launched an Airport Carbon Accreditation programme in the US, marking a major development in carbon management.
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Mobistar Is The First Carbon Neutral Mobile Operator For Its Operational Activities
2014-09-08 07:47:17| pollutiononline News Articles
Mobistar’s buildings, network and stores will henceforth all be carbon neutral. Having made a 75% reduction in its CO2 emissions since 2006, Mobistar is now offsetting its operational activities’ irreducible emissions
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