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Hours for Zehrs workers being cut, union says
2013-02-09 06:06:01| Grocery - Topix.net
Staff at Loblaw Companies Ltd. grocery stores in Ontario, including Zehrs and Real Canadian Superstores in Waterloo Region, are seeing dramatic cuts to the number of hours they work, says the union that represents the workers.
United Kingdom: Thousands of wind turbines to go up as subsidies cut
2013-02-08 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The "dash for wind' has been prompted by a cut in subsidies due this year and an apparent relaxing of the planning rules. Some 763 turbines are due to be built onshore in 2013, up 60 per cent from last year. Already there are 4,366 turbines in operation in the UK providing 8.2GW of power, enough to power 4.5 million homes for a year. There are a further 7,843 turbines that have been approved but are yet to be built, bringing the total due to go up in the UK to more than 10,000. In the...
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EU leaders agree budget cut deal
2013-02-08 17:21:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
EU leaders meeting in Brussels reach a deal on the budget for 2014-20 which involves the first-ever real-terms cut.
States Group Calls for 45% Cut in Amount of Carbon Emissions Allowed
2013-02-08 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the countrys first regional system for capping carbon emissions and creating a market in carbon allowances, proposed a fundamental change on Thursday to increase electrical utilities incentive to cut emissions from fossil-fuel plants by raising the cost of compliance. The regional group proposed a 45 percent reduction next year in the total carbon dioxide emissions allowed. The cut is not as draconian as that number suggests, however, because the new total...
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Report Shows How Energy Efficiency Can Cut Energy Usage in Half by 2030
2013-02-07 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy released a report today with recommendations that would put the U.S. on a path towards doubling its energy productivity by 2030. The commission, which is chaired by U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) and National Grid U.S. President Tom King, is a diverse coalition of energy leaders that includes representatives from energy utilities, academia, industry and environmental groups. Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), serves...
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