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United Kingdom: Air pollution monitoring stations face closure as government looks to cut costs
2013-08-22 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Up to 600 stations for monitoring air pollution across England could be shut down under new government plans to save money by cutting regulations. Ministers want to remove obligations on local authorities to assess air quality in their areas, resulting in less monitoring. But environmental campaigners are accusing them of trying to hide one of the country's biggest public health problems. Government advisers have estimated that one type of pollutant miniscule particles from diesel engines,...
New technology and better strategy could cut server farm emissions by 88%
2013-08-21 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With a population of 3,048, Yerington, Nevada, may not strike most people as very important: the town's foremost claim to fame is that several Japanese fire balloons landed there during the second world war. But that's about to change: Yerington is home to a vast new solar farm owned by Apple. "The project will not only supply renewable energy for our data centre [in nearby Reno] but also provide clean energy to the local power grid, through a first-of-its-kind partnership with NV Energy. When...
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UPS drops spousal coverage, teachers get hours cut due to ObamaCare
2013-08-21 15:52:24| Air Courier - Topix.net
Thanks to the delayed employer mandate in ObamaCare, we are now sixteen months away from enforcement of those statutes, even though they go into effect in four months.
UPS drops spousal coverage, teachers get hours cut due to ObamaCare
2013-08-21 15:51:01| Trucking - Topix.net
Thanks to the delayed employer mandate in ObamaCare, we are now sixteen months away from enforcement of those statutes, even though they go into effect in four months.
Californias unusual plan to cut greenhouse gases
2013-08-21 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When Californias S.B. 375 was passed in 2008, there were many skeptics. The law aimed to get metropolitan regions around the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions through changes to development form and transportation. (If it were a country, California would rank somewhere between the world`s 10th and 12th largest economy, so its effect could be significant.) In 2011, the California Air Resources Board set GHG emissions reduction targets by metro region for passenger vehicles (passenger vehicles...
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