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Dow Enables Sochi 2014 To Be The First Games In Olympic History With Carbon Neutral Travel Footprint For Athletes, Media And Spectators
2013-11-01 01:56:16| pollutiononline News Articles
For the first time in Olympic and Paralympic Games history, Sochi 2014 will have a carbon neutral footprint associated with the travel of athletes, spectators and media from all over the world travelling to Russia for the Olympic and Paralympics Winter Games, between February and March, 2014
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Taiwans ITRI introduces cellulosic bio-butanol production technology; pathway with highest carbon conversion yield
2013-10-30 14:30:11| Green Car Congress
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Canada: Oil Sands Prevail Even if Most Carbon Becomes 'Unburnable': Suncor
2013-10-30 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The phrase unburnable carbon has gained currency among climate-minded investors, popularized by a U.K.-based nonprofit called the Carbon Tracker Initiative. It refers to the vast fossil-fuel reserves that, if burned, would probably push the global climate into the danger zone. Some investors are concerned that stock-market valuations would plummet if oil companies continue to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on exploration while the world lunges away from oil. Last week, a coalition of...
Limiting carbon emissions is harder when youre conserving water
2013-10-30 08:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: In the US, fully half of the water withdrawn from sources such as lakes and aquifers ends up being used for generating electricity. Most of that water is converted to steam, cooled, and returned to its original source. Even in those cases, however, losses during the cooling process reduce the total amount of water available. The end result is that electricity generation competes with other potential uses for the water. In cases of severe drought, power generation may end up losing, reducing the...
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Labor should stick with carbon pricing, national secretary tells party colleagues
2013-10-29 06:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Labor's national secretary, George Wright, has urged his parliamentary colleagues to persist with carbon pricing, declaring that the policy positions the party on the right side of history, climate science and economics. Wright used a frank campaign postmortem at the National Press Club on Tuesday to express his view that Labor -- having "bled' on the carbon pricing issue -- should stick with the policy during the transition to opposition. He said Labor party members felt strongly that Labor should...
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