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New Study Traces Two-Thirds of Industrial Carbon Emissions to Just 90 Institutions
2013-11-21 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: New peer-reviewed research has found that just 90 entities are responsible for extracting most of the fossil fuels that have been burned over the past 150 years. These carbon majors include 50 investor-owned companies, such as ChevronTexaco and Exxon-Mobil, 31 state-owned companies, such as Saudi Aramco and Pemex, and nine government-run industries in the former Soviet Union, China and other countries. Emissions from burning these fuels total nearly two-thirds of all the carbon that has been...
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Global Boom in Coal Plants Begs for Carbon Capture Solution
2013-11-21 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The smoldering debate over whether coal has a future in a low-carbon world has flared up with new intensity in Warsaw, the site of this month's annual United Nations negotiations [3] toward a global climate treaty. With world coal use growing at a staggering pace, top climate diplomats have used the global stage to take a much more aggressive stance against the coal industry. They are demanding that companies move quickly to leverage technology to capture and bury their planet-heating emissions...
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Carbon black maker Cabot fined for air pollution
2013-11-20 17:28:29| Chemicals - Topix.net
Carbon black producer Cabot Corp. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty and spend more than $84 million to control air pollution at three U.S. carbon black plants to settle a suit with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality The deal settles an EPA suit against Cabot over alleged violations of ... (more)
Rainforest Plan for Forest Carbon Supervisor Stalls in UN
2013-11-20 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Discord over forest-protection efforts have emerged regarding whether a new UN panel should be empowered to control the flow of funds into projects to preserve woodlands. The disagreement centers on a proposal by the Coalition of Rainforest Nations, whose 41 members include Argentina, Kenya, Indonesia and Ghana, to set up an advisory body. The group would improve coherence and coordination in the delivery of financial and technical support for the implementation of so-called REDD-plus projects....
University of California, Berkeley, ahead of pace in reducing carbon footprint
2013-11-19 23:18:00| American School & University
The university has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels, two years ahead of the goal it set for itself. read more
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