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China Pledges Cap Carbon Emissions: Obama's Bilateral Talks Succeeded
2014-06-03 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Kos: The Pacific ocean is warming rapidly. This is apparently the early stage of a developing El Nino which will likely lead to record global warmth in the next 2 years. The day after President Obama announced his plan to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants 30% from 2005 levels, China's climate chairman has announced that, for the first time, China will place an absolute cap on carbon emissions. In tandem, these announcements are critical to stopping runaway climate warming because China and the...
With carbon limits, Obama creates drama for Democrats
2014-06-03 08:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: President Barack Obama's aggressive new proposal to dramatically limit carbon pollution is a policy priority that he hopes will help shape his legacy. But a policy step that Obama considers good for the country and his presidency may be bad for certain Democrats in tight election battles this year. Democrats' flight Some of the toughest fights this campaign season are taking place in red or purple states where jobs and the economy are in a constant tug of war against the environment. They...
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TFP expands carbon wetlaid business
2014-06-03 07:00:00| Nonwovens Industry Breaking News
Developes mats and veils from recycled carbon fibers.
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EPA's plan to cut carbon emissions could shift energy mix
2014-06-03 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The Obama administration's historic plan to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants, unveiled Monday, could hasten the nation's shift from coal toward natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable sources such as wind and solar. The controversial proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency calls for a 30% national cut in power-plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide - below 2005 levels - by 2030, but it gives states varying reduction goals, depending on their power mix. ...
U.S. green groups see need to nudge Obama's 'opening bid' on carbon cuts
2014-06-03 01:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Reuters) - In large part, the wide-ranging reaction to President Barack Obama's signature effort to cut power plant carbon emissions could have been written months in advance. Key Republicans and many industrial groups decried it as a job-killing war on coal that would drive up power prices; environmentalists and many Democrats hailed it as a landmark measure making good on Obama's pledge to tackle climate change. Behind the bombast, however, more measured voices found a proposal that was not...
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