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The Car-Emissions Sleuth Whos Costing Chrysler $5 Billion

2016-09-26 04:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: In low brown-brick buildings near the University of Michigan, 350 workers test the emissions on 400 vehicles a year, tearing them apart as needed. Their tools detect pollutants like nitrogen oxide at 100 parts per billion. In a hangar-size garage, they chain 80,000-pound freight trucks in place and spin their wheels at 90 miles an hour, measuring the exhaust. Welcome to the hive of Chris Grundler--environmental sleuth, bureaucrat and more-than-occasional bane of the auto industry. As head of...

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How rural crime is costing farmers millions of pounds

2016-08-01 10:26:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The cost of rural crime in the UK has risen to 42m according to NFU Mutual, with the theft of quad bikes, diesel and animals all contributing.

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Air pollution seen costing trillions to save millions, IEA says

2016-06-27 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Malaymail Online: Air pollution will continue rising in the next decades unless nations around the world invest trillions in cleaner energy and emissions controls, the International Energy Agency said. The Paris-based agency is calling for governments to adopt a strategy to cut pollutants by half, a plan that would add about 7 per cent to the total energy investment needed through 2040, according to a report today. That includes US$4.8 trillion (RM19.8 trillion) for advanced pollution control and accelerating the...

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White House economists say US coal program costing taxpayers

2016-06-22 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A US program meant to encourage coal mining on federal land is open to industry abuse and costs taxpayers billions of dollars in lost revenue every year, a White House study to be released on Wednesday concluded. Roughly 40 percent of US coal comes from federal land and taxpayers are being short changed on those sales due to lax oversight and permissive royalty rules, according to the report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors. "The program has been structured in a way that misaligns...

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