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Podesta EPA: Carbon rule will survive next president
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: White House counselor John Podesta is "fairly confident' that proposed EPA greenhouse gas restrictions can survive scrutiny under the next president -- and that Democrats can campaign on the climate change issue in races this year. "People can try to roll it back,' Podesta told reporters at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor and America's Natural Gas Alliance. "I'm fairly confident. Of course, I'm fairly confident that we'll have a president that will embrace the cause of tackling...
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Reducing Deforestation could Decrease Carbon Emissions by a Fifth
2014-06-07 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Saving trees would reduce carbon dioxide emission by a fifth, new study suggests. According to the researchers, tropical forests absorb some two billion tons of carbon, which is equivalent to a fifth of world's carbon emissions. The trees store the carbon in their barks and leaves. Human activities such as logging and forest fires significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers said that if reducing deforestations could cut carbon emission levels by a fifth. The study was conducted...
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As world dithers on forest carbon rules, private investors go it alone
2014-06-07 07:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The villagers of Ulak Batu in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province may not be fully aware of how decisions made by business executives and governments far away affect their lives. But that is what has steered their shift from fisherfolk to plantation workers to budding forest guardians in recent years. According to Syarian, head of the village in Seruyan district, nearly 70 percent of local people decided to drop fishing seven years ago to work on an oil palm plantation. "They had to change...
Rise in Carbon dioxide Levels Could Lead to Poor Quality Food
2014-06-07 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature News: Climate change will lead to low-quality food, a new study suggests. The study was conducted by researchers at Harvard University and colleagues. According to the scientists, major food crops such as wheat, maize, rice and soybeans will have low levels of zinc and proteins in the future. "We found that rising levels of CO2 are affecting human nutrition by reducing levels of very important nutrients in very important food crops," said Prof Samuel Myers from Harvard University, United States,...
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Carbon: China hopes peak will come 'as early as possible'
2014-06-06 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: China hopes its emissions of greenhouse gases will peak "as early as possible" but its experts differ as to when it will happen, its chief negotiator at UN climate talks said Thursday. Speaking to journalists at the latest round of negotiations, Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said China was working hard to boost its energy efficiency and expand the role of cleaner renewable sources. "China is doing its utmost to reduce its carbon intensity," said...
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