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Third Pole glaciers shrinking, affected by black carbon
2013-03-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Daily: About 90 percent of glaciers in the Third Pole region are shrinking, accelerated by black carbon being transferred from South Asia to the Tibetan Plateau, a top scientist has warned. The Third Pole region, which is centered on the Tibetan Plateau and concerns the interests of the surrounding countries and regions, covers more than 5 million square kilometers and has an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. The area has the largest number of glaciers outside the polar regions and exerts...
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Carbon taxes spurned in Senate
2013-03-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Senate went on record against imposing taxes on industrial carbon emissions in a pair of symbolic votes Friday, providing clear evidence that major climate change legislation lacks political traction. Lawmakers voted 41-58 to reject Sen. Sheldon Whitehouses (D-R.I.) proposal to ensure that revenue from any carbon tax be returned to the U.S. public through deficit reduction, reducing other rates and other direct benefits. Thirteen Democrats joined 45 Republicans opposing the Whitehouse...
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Obamas science advisers press for carbon standards
2013-03-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obamas outside team of scientific advisers is recommending the creation of carbon emissions standards for existing pollution sources and continued expansion of shale gas production in order to confront global warming. Those are two of the wide-ranging climate policy suggestions that the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) unveiled Friday that address ways to curb emissions and adapt to inevitable climatic changes. Others include creation of a National...
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Will Natural Gas Stay Cheap Enough To Replace Coal And Lower US Carbon Emissions
2013-03-22 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Via Brad Plumber, Eduardo Porter worries that the recent decline in carbon emissions will not last Will our carbon footprint continue to shrink? The Energy Department forecasts that CO2 emissions will tick up nearly 2 percent this year and 0.7 percent in 2014, as the economy recovers. Coal use in power plants is also expected to rebound as gas prices rise from their 2012 trough. Historical precedent is not promising. The drive for energy efficiency that started in the 1970s did not...
GOP Lawmaker Wants Senate on Record About Carbon Taxes
2013-03-22 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) might put lawmakers on the record, indirectly at least, about whether they support taxing industrial carbon emissions to help confront climate change. Blunt has filed an amendment to the Senate Democrats budget plan that would require a 60-vote threshold for any legislation that imposes a federal carbon tax or fee. The amendment to the nonbinding budget arrives as several liberal Capitol Hill Democrats are floating plans to impose fees on carbon emissions from sources...
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