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Australia sets deadline to axe carbon tax
2014-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5032080c-8e28-11e3-98c6-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2sgcALjxe The Australian government said it would repeal the countrys carbon tax in July, saying new data on greenhouse gas emissions proved the controversial levy introduced by...
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Boulder researcher explores carbon emission trends in Amazon basin
2014-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Camera: A new study examining carbon emissions in the Amazon basin by a Boulder researcher and two other scientists indicates its tropical ecosystems may now emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they absorb. The long-term implications of the study, which provide the basis for the first carbon budget estimate of the Amazon basin, could spell accelerated global warming. The international team of scientists discovered that the annual rainfall was the key factor determining how much carbon...
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Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Seeks a Price Tag on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
2014-02-05 18:09:27| ENR.com: Headline News
The decision could reduce the economic advantage that two 750-MW coal-fired Excel coal-fired units have over renewable power generation stations.
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U.K. Met Kyoto Target, First Carbon Budget, Data Show
2014-02-05 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. achieved its first national carbon budget and target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions under the Kyoto Protocol treaty, according to final data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. British output of the six gases regulated by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol averaged 604.5 megatons a year from 2008 through 2012, the department said today in a report on its website. Thats 22.5 percent less than in 1990, the base year, and compares with a goal of a 12.5 percent cut. Emissions were...
DOE to award up to $12M for technologies to produce renewable carbon fiber from biomass
2014-02-04 14:30:36| Green Car Congress
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