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Obama puts personal stamp on carbon curbs for power plants
2014-05-16 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: US President Barack Obama plans to personally unveil proposed carbon-emissions rules for power plants, elevating climate change policy as a top tier issue for his final two years in office, according to two people familiar with White House strategy. Obama is preparing to make the announcement with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, who said this week the rules are on track to be proposed by June 2, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because...
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Dual Carbon batteries: Is this finally the breakthrough weve been promised for so long?
2014-05-15 15:43:02| Extremetech
A breakthrough new battery technology could finally deliver the sort of across-the-board improvements many industries have needed for a long, long time now.
Chile set to pass a carbon tax
2014-05-15 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voxxi: The United States government is taking a strong public position on climate change. By now everybody`s heard it: The White House has recognized that climate change is already being felt in many corners of the US, and the worst is yet to come. One of Barack Obama`s major plans for cutting America`s greenhouse gas emissions is to wean the country off oil. The president even flew to California to get people revved up about renewable energy. But the US had a very different message down in Chile,...
Landfills pressure Australia government allow U.N. carbon credits: paper
2014-05-15 09:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australian landfills, set to make total windfall profits of up to A$200 million ($187 million), if the country's carbon tax is repealed have proposed using some of the revenue to buy millions of U.N.-issued carbon credits, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Monday. Landfills have for the past two years been charging customers upfront to pay for future carbon emissions under the previous Labor government's carbon pricing scheme. But if the Liberal government, in office since September, succeeds...
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U.K. Carbon Capture Project Gets Big Boost
2014-05-14 16:05:00| Chemical Processing
Major government funding could spur construction of unit at coal-fired power plant
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