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Consumer groups lobby for tougher EU vehicle emissions targets
2013-03-24 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: European consumer groups are pushing for even more stringent emissions targets for cars to keep driving as affordable as possible. The European parliament will hold another committee vote on Tuesday as it continues to thrash out targets for vehicle CO2 emissions for 2020, which would also curb fuel consumption. The European commission has proposed a cap on vehicle emissions of 95g of CO2 per kilometre driven by the end of the decade, although there are disputes about how this would be enforced....
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Ending poverty hinges on tougher environmental goals: Study
2013-03-21 14:38:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments must impose radical limits on everything from water use to greenhouse gases if they want to have any chance of ending global poverty, a group of scientists said. States needed to tighten clean air laws, at least halve the amount of water drawn from river basins and start cutting some environmentally damaging pollution, all by 2030, they suggested. "The stable functioning of Earth systems - including the atmosphere, oceans, forests, waterways, biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles...
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More inspections, tougher pollution penalties for oil tanker traffic
2013-03-19 08:59:04| Energy - Topix.net
The federal government is announcing changes to improve oil tanker safety to shore up support for controversial oil exports off the British Columbia coast.
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More inspections, tougher pollution penalties for oil tanker traffic
2013-03-18 23:14:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The federal government is announcing changes to improve oil tanker safety to shore up support for controversial oil exports off the British Columbia coast.
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Canada: Oliver touts tougher climate rules on pro-Keystone tour
2013-03-07 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Canada will soon have some of the toughest climate regulations among oil and gas exporting countries, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said Wednesday as he completed a U.S. visit aimed at boosting support for the embattled Keystone XL pipeline. In a speech at an industry conference in Houston on Wednesday, Mr. Oliver sought to repair Canada's battered reputation as an environmental outlier, arguing that it is, in fact, a leader among oil-producing countries. "Canada is the largest supplier...
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