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Solar Activity Not a Key Cause of Climate Change, Study Shows
2013-12-22 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new scientific study shows. The findings overturn a widely held scientific view that lengthy periods of warm and cold weather in the past might have been caused by periodic fluctuations in solar activity. Research examining the causes of climate change in the northern hemisphere over the past 1000 years has shown that until the year 1800, the key driver of periodic changes in climate was volcanic eruptions....
Canada: Enbridge Gateway Win Shows Stopping Keystone Wont Halt Oil
2013-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Keystone XL backers say the proliferation of alternative projects, such as one to carry oil-sands crude to a Canadian seaport that advanced yesterday, undercuts opponents who claim blocking the pipeline will keep the high-carbon fossil fuel in the ground. Canadian energy regulators yesterday recommended approval with conditions of Enbridge Inc. (ENB)s Northern Gateway pipeline, a project that would bring as much as 525,000 barrels a day of crude to Kitimat, British Columbia. The recommendation,...
Forests Flatline On Trapping Carbon Dioxide With Temperature Rise, Study Shows
2013-12-19 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A four-degree-Celsius rise in the Earths surface temperature could max out the amount of carbon dioxide that forests can trap from the atmosphere, according to new research by a team of European researchers. Rainforests, such as the Amazon, act as natural carbon sinks, using up and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air to make food. While humans continue to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, these sinks help maintain a balance by absorbing up to half of the total CO2 emitted globally. The...
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Vodafone update shows increase in taxes paid
2013-12-18 12:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone published an update to its report on how much tax the mobile operator pays in each country where it operates. The company first published the breakdown in June, following criticism it was paying little to no corporate income taxes in some countries, including its home base, the UK. It has now updated the information for the year ended 31 March 2013. The report provides an updated overview of the group's total contribution to public finances in each of its countries of operation, including direct and indirect cash taxes paid as well as non-taxation-based government revenue contributions such as spectrum fees. The report shows that Vodafone's direct tax bill fell in many of its European markets, where its revenues have been declining, but increased in its emerging markets, notably places where it's growing quickly, such as Turkey, India and Tanzania. Non-tax payments to the public increased significantly during the year, due to spectrum acquisitions in markets such as the Netherlands and the UK. In total Vodafone said it paid GBP 4.24 billion in direct taxes in the 12 months, up from GBP 3.378 billion a year earlier. This includes income taxes as well as payroll taxes, customs duties and a wide range of local levies ranging from municipal fees to advertising and climate change taxes. Non-tax payments to governments, which include mainly spectrum, licence and revenue-sharing, rose to GBP 3.23 billion from GBP 1.87 billion.
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Government Map Shows 60% of UK's Land to Be Available for Fracking
2013-12-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Two-thirds of the UK's land will be available for fracking companies to license, a government map published on Tuesday shows, with new areas opened up in the Midlands, Cumbria and Wales. Ministers said major energy companies had expressed interest in new shale gas licences and up to 150 applications are expected, which could cover about 15% of the UK. Almost 1bn of financial incentives and revenues could be injected into local communities that accept fracking, according to a new assessment...
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