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Carbon dioxide emissions reachest highest point in three million years
2013-04-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: As global carbon dioxide, emissions teetered on the threshold of 400 parts per million (PPM) for the first time in three million years, delegates from countries all over the world yesterday started another round of talks on how to tackle climate change. Hawaiis Mauna Loa Observatory recorded CO2 levels of 399.72ppm last week. It looks like the world is going to blow through the 400ppm level without missing a beat, said Ralph Keeling of the US Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which runs...
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Calgon Carbon Opens Custom Carbon Recycling Facility in Arizona
2013-04-30 06:00:00| Chemical Processing
Calgon Carbon Corp. opened its carbon custom reactivation facility in Gila Bend, Ariz., on April 24. Calgon Carbon will be recycling carbon used by water treatment facilities to purify drinking water distributed to surrounding communities, including Phoenix.
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Carbon dioxide concentration to hit record levels this week
2013-04-29 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 399.72 parts per million (ppm) and is likely to pass the symbolically important 400ppm level for the first time in the next few days. Readings at the US government's Earth Systems Research laboratory in Hawaii, are not expected to reach their 2013 peak until mid May, but were recorded at a daily average of 399.72ppm on 25 April. The weekly average stood at 398.5 on Monday. Hourly readings above 400ppm have been recorded six times...
Bonn climate talks kick off with stark warning over dangerous carbon threshold
2013-04-29 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The latest round of international climate change talks commenced today with the now perennial warning about the need for greater urgency from governments as they battle to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking at the opening of the annual week of talks, which are intended to lay the ground work for the UN's next major climate summit in Poland later this year, the head of the UN's climate change secretariat, Christiana Figueres, warned diplomats they "must do more and do it faster". She...
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United Kingdom: Energy co-ops are cutting household bills alongside carbon emissions
2013-04-29 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For customers, trust is key when it comes to getting advice on improving energy efficiency and co-operatives have the edge
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