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German car plans would breach EU carbon goal- Commission paper
2013-02-18 12:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's tactics to safeguard its output of big, luxury cars threaten a planned target for European Union limits on vehicle carbon emissions by 2020 and could also jeopardize any future ambitions, a document from the bloc's executive said. Proposals from the German government and German Christian Democrat politician Thomas Ulmer undermine attempts to enforce a 95 grams of CO2 per km (g/km) emission ceiling on cars by 2020, according to the Commission document seen by Reuters on Monday. EU...
Boxer, Sanders introduce bill to require carbon tax payment by fossil fuel producers
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a sweeping climate change bill Feb. 14 that would require several thousand coal, oil, and gas producers to pay a $20-per-ton carbon fee, which the two senators touted as a simpler alternative to the Democrat-led, economywide, cap-and-trade approach that collapsed in the Senate in 2010. Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said she plans to move the Climate Protection Act of 2013 (S. 332) through...
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Question Mark: Baby Boomers Produce Highest Carbon Emissions
2013-02-15 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: You may not carry a laptop case made out of recycled fixed-gear bicycle tires. And it has probably been a while since you used yak dung to heat your home. But, hey, youre an environmentalist. At least, thats what you and your fellow boomers tell those pollsters whenever they ask. So why is your carbon footprint bigger than the footprint of the T. rex that turned into the oil youre using in your Prius? When researchers tried to calculate carbon dioxide emissions by age group in the United States,...
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Carbon nanotubes make it possible to grow human hearts
2013-02-15 20:40:19| Extremetech
This week, the American Chemical Society's journal Nano printed an article detailing the use of carbon nanotubes in a growth scaffold for rat heart cells. The result? Very possibly the first working model of functional, grown heart cells, and the first step down the long road to complex organs on demand.
Senators debut plans for $20 a ton US carbon tax
2013-02-15 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The debate over a US carbon tax was reignited yesterday when Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders revealed plans for a new comprehensive climate bill that they hope to move to a Senate vote by the summer. The bill, which aims to build on the momentum created by President Obama's calls in the State of the Union address for Congressional action on climate change, proposes the introduction of a $20 a ton carbon tax that would be introduced on emissions above a set...
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