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A Novel Dutch Lawsuit Demands Govt. Cut Carbon Emissions
2015-05-04 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A lawsuit in the Netherlands is taking an unusual approach to climate change. So unusual, in fact, that experts around the world are watching it closely, wondering whether it might spark a major shift in environmentalists' efforts to limit carbon emissions. If that happens, it won't be the first time that Marjam Minnesma has turned the status quo on its head. She's founder and director of a Dutch environmental organization called Urgenda, an abbreviation for "urgent agenda." "Sometimes you have...
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Church to cut fossil fuel investment
2015-05-01 02:34:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Church of England will sell investments worth 12m in companies where more than 10% of revenue comes from the "worst-polluting" of fossil fuels.
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California sets tough new targets to cut emissions
2015-04-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: California has stepped up its attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting tough new targets for 2030. Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order to bring down emissions to 40% below 1990 levels, in the next 15 years. The US state was already one of the most ambitious in its previous targets and has forced companies to pay for their carbon pollution. Mr Brown said the new target must be met for the sake of future generations. He called the plan "the most aggressive benchmark...
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Sen. McConnell Suggests Obama Plan to Cut Power Emissions Won't Stick
2015-04-30 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Senate majority leader on Wednesday urged countries to go slowly on committing to cut carbon emissions in any global agreement later this year, in his latest effort to cripple President Barack Obama's clean power plan. Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, a Republican from coal-producing Kentucky, told a congressional panel that as long he is in charge of the Senate, "this body is not going to be signing off on any back door energy tax." "The failure of Congress to sign off should signal...
Noranda gets rate cut, other Ameren consumers see increase
2015-04-29 22:24:13| Energy - Topix.net
About 1.2 million customers of Ameren Missouri will see bigger bills for electricity but the utility's largest customer will pay a lower rate. The Missouri Public Service Commission approved a plan Wednesday to allow St. Louis-based Ameren to increase electric rates while cutting the amount paid by Noranda Aluminum Inc. Noranda operates a smelter in southeast Missouri.
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