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EU Maritime Carbon Rules Must Avoid Global Row, Governments Say
2013-12-13 08:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The European Unions planned rules to monitor greenhouse gases from ships must be in line with international law to avoid conflicts with other nations, according to member states including Italy and Ireland. Draft rules to introduce monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide from ships starting in 2018 were discussed by EU environment ministers at a quarterly meeting in Brussels today. The European Commission, the 28-nation blocs regulatory arm, proposed the law in June to encourage...
Governments fail to agree EU limit on food-based biofuels
2013-12-12 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: EU energy ministers on Thursday failed to agree on a compromise deal to limit the use of transport fuels made from food crops, which critics say pushes up food prices and can do more harm than good to the environment. The European Union's Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said the delay would damage its efforts to reduce dependence on gas and oil imported from such sources as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and would hurt its drive to curb greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Governments fail to agree EU limit on food-based biofuels
2013-12-12 04:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: EU energy ministers on Thursday failed to agree on a compromise deal to limit the use of transport fuels made from food crops, which critics say pushes up food prices and can do more harm than good to the environment. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said the delay would only damage the European Union in its efforts to reduce dependence on imported oil and gas and curb greenhouse gas emissions. "If we delay and postpone, the winners will be OPEC and Russia," he said. Last year in...
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Apple, Google, Microsoft ask governments to reform surveillance practices
2013-12-09 14:21:44| InfoWorld: Top News
Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft said Monday that they understand that governments need to take action to protect their citizens' safety and security, but "strongly believe that current laws and practices need to be reformed."
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PotashCorp layoffs hurt N.B. government's job creation plans
2013-12-03 19:23:46| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan has issued a blow to one of the Alward government's hopes for job creation in the province.
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