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UN climate talks stall despite G7 push on carbon
2015-06-08 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Calls by the Group of Seven (G7) Monday to slash world carbon emissions did little to boost UN climate talks in Bonn, where frustration mounted over the snail-like progress. Groups of countries pleaded for greater efforts to streamline a draft text for a climate pact due to be adopted at a conference in Paris in just over six months. "We are very concerned about the pace of negotiations," said Amjad Abdulla of the Maldives, speaking for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) which are...
Feds & Utilities Ramp Up EV Push
2015-06-08 19:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Parity with Gas Burning Cars U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today signed an agreement with electric utilities to ramp up efforts to put more electric vehicles in American garages. By 2022, EVs should be “as affordable and convenient” as today’s gas vehicle, Moniz told a large audience at the Edison Electric Institute annual meeting in New Orleans. read more
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Canada, Japan said blocking G7 push climate change
2015-06-08 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Canada and Japan are attempting to water down a strong G7 statement on climate change as the summit enters its final day today. The Canadian Press has been told by sources who have seen the working draft of the G7s climate change communiqué that the two countries are blocking attempts at a specific statement on binding greenhouse gas reduction targets. Prime Minister Stephen Harper took part in the G7 leaders shortened talks on climate change today as their summit entered its second and final...
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France needs climate deal push
2015-06-06 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: Little more than six months are left before France is supposed to steer the world to the most demanding and complex deal on climate change ever attempted. And beneath the suave face of French diplomacy, one can sense nerves as officials measure the mountain looming closer and recall the disaster of when the world last sought a deal on global warming. On December 11, after a 12-day conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, 195 countries are scheduled to seal a pact to limit warming to 2C over...
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Dish/T-Mobile merger could push Sprint to deal
2015-06-05 18:18:14| Telecom - Topix.net
Given the egos involved leading Dish Network Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc., it's no guarantee a proposed merger would happen, but if it should, the move could force Sprint Corp. to make a deal of its own, Reuters reports . If Dish CEO Charlie Ergren and T-Mobile CEO John Legere merge the satellite TV provider and the No.
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