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Obama Renews Call to Curb Carbon Emissions in State of the Union Address
2014-01-29 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama renewed his call to curb US carbon emissions and promised a shift toward cleaner energy production practices in the US. Obama cited the need to continue reducing carbon emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, an echo from the State of the Union address a year ago when he promised he would start tackling climate change with, or without, the help of Congress. "Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced our total...
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EU to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030
2014-01-22 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, the toughest climate change target of any region in the world, and will produce 27% of its energy from renewable sources by the same date. The landmark deal was reached after grinding negotiations dragged on to the deadline of 11am on Wednesday, as warring factions within the European commission and member states fought over whether to water down the proposals. The EU is now the first to set out emissions...
EU announces plan to cut carbon emissions 40 per cent by 2030
2014-01-22 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK's green economy has today received a significant boost, after the European Commission unveiled a new package of climate and energy policies designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. The long-running negotiations are understood to have gone down to the wire this morning, after a handful of commissioners pushed for a more modest series of emissions and renewable energy targets. But European Commission president José Manuel Barroso pushed through a series of targets that...
Cut carbon emissions by 40% in 16 years, Ed Davey tells EU
2014-01-17 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has called on EU heads of state to endorse a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, but reject a specific binding renewables target. The Europen Commission is due to issue a paper next Wednesday that is likely propose a EU-wide renewables target in line with the wishes of Germany and France, but Davey, in a Guardian interview, claimed his call not to impose a binding renewables target was gaining traction. He wants EU states to have flexibility...
U.S. carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose in 2013 as coal use ticked up
2014-01-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When all the data is in, it looks like carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will have gone up 2 percent in 2013 from the previous year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on Monday. The main reason, it said, is an uptick in the use of coal for electric power. But it's also a sign of growing economic activity in general. Ever since the deep recession began in 2008, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide had been going down. CO2 is the principal greenhouse gas that's causing...
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