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Keystone XL Pipeline Would Hasten Climate Change: Report
2013-04-16 22:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: In a new report, "Cooking the Books: How The State Department Analysis Ignores the True Climate Impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline," environmental groups and scientists opposed to the pipeline warn of "climate disaster" if President Barack Obama allows it to cross the Canada-U.S. border, carrying tar sands bitumen from Alberta to Nebraska. The U.S. portion of the Keystone XL pipeline needs no Presidential Permit, Oklahoma, January 2013. (Photo by Laura Borealis / Tar Sands Blockade) In its...
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Obamas Climate Call May Hasten EU Carbon Fix, IETA Chief Says
2013-02-15 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas call for Congress to act on climate change may embolden European Union policy makers to fix the blocs ailing carbon market, said the president of the International Emissions Trading Association. A proposal for stricter emissions rules in northeast America may also provide the impetus for EU nations to tackle the oversupply of carbon allowances in the worlds biggest cap- and-trade market, Dirk Forrister, president of the Geneva-based lobby group, said yesterday. EU...