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Europe submits UN climate pledge, urges US, China to follow

2015-03-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The European Union on Friday submitted its formal promise on how much it will cut greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations ahead of climate change talks starting in November and called on the United States and China to follow its lead. The European Union is the first major economy to agree its position before the talks in Paris aimed at seeking a new worldwide deal on global warming. "We expect China, the United States and the other G20 countries in particular to follow the European Union...

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Switzerland First Country to Submit Pledge for UN Climate Pact

2015-03-02 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Switzerland has become the first country to submit a pledge to the United Nations for a new global climate deal, vowing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The Swiss government said Friday that at least 30 percent of the reduction would be achieved at home and the remainder through projects abroad. The European Union, United States, China and Norway have also announced their intended targets but haven't formally submitted them to the U.N. The new climate...

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Republicans Pledge to Fight FCC's Open-Web Rules

2015-02-27 23:09:24| Telecom - Topix.net

Republican lawmakers pledged to try to overturn net-neutrality rules adopted Thursday by U.S. regulators, as a long-running battle over the handling of Internet traffic shifts to Congress and the courts. The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to adopt a sweeping measure to ensure all Web traffic is treated equally.

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Build and rebuild: the pledge to improve airport infrastructure in Africa

2015-02-24 01:00:00| Airport Technology

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending arm of the European Union, has a long history of investing in critical airport infrastructure projects, often in situations where air transit has become a critical humanitarian need. We take a

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