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Volkswagen should pay up, but now its time to move on
2016-07-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: IN THE landmark $15 billion settlement Volkswagen struck with the federal government and the state of California on Tuesday, the massive automaker admitted no liability. But it is clear enough that the company brazenly defied the law, unfairly undercut its competitors, cynically betrayed its consumers and damaged the countrys air quality. It deserves to pay for tricking drivers and regulators into thinking its clean diesel vehicles met federal air pollution standards -- and it will. This is, on...
Paris drives old cars off the streets in push to improve air quality
2016-07-02 03:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Paris has banned old cars from its streets in a war on air pollution that environmentalists hope will also drive dirty vehicles from the centres of other European cities. Air pollution, in large part caused by fine particulate fuel emissions, kills 48,000 people each year in France, about 400,000 in Europe and around 3.7 million worldwide, data published by Frances public health agency this month showed. From Friday, any car registered before 1 January 1997 will be banned from the citys streets...
Africa Needs More Than $2.7 Trillion To Mitigate Climate Change
2016-07-02 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Africanews: African countries need at least $2.7 trillion for mitigation measures and another $488 billion for adaptation to climatic change to be met in 2030, according to the estimates from Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for adaptation to climate change. Speaking during the Africa Carbon Forum in Kigali, yesterday, Yasser El-Gammal, the World Bank country manager, said the amount is based on countries that have already declared their INDCs, adding that there are few others yet to submit....
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Columbia River to I-84 and I-5 to NE 122nd Ave
2016-07-01 23:14:23| PortlandOnline
Construction - Powerline 6/30/16 - 6/30/17 PDF Document, 574kbCategory: Unclaimed Areas
Oracle ordered to pay $3bn damages to HP
2016-07-01 18:23:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Electronics firm Hewlett Packard has been awarded $3bn (2.26bn) in damages in a legal dispute with software giant Oracle.
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