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Transparency, good regulation needed as Wisconsin sand mines multiply, expert says
2014-04-20 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin can protect its place as the leading supplier of sand for the nations fracking boom provided it has good regulations in place and promptly addresses any nuisance concerns raised by neighbors of the states fast-multiplying sand-mining facilities, according to a former EPA administrator who spoke to a business convention Tuesday in Middleton. J. Winston Porter, now a Savannah, Ga.-based energy consultant and fracking proponent, also said maximum transparency by state regulators and the...
More Renewable Energy Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
2014-04-17 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reinforced the call to action from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to limit global temperature increase and avert catastrophic climate change in a statement issued [this week]. The transition to a sustainable global energy mix must be accelerated, the Agency said, in order to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 40-70 percent compared with 2010 by 2050. Renewable energy, IRENA highlights, is the economically viable...
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Alternatives Needed for Plutonium Disposal
2014-04-16 18:33:17| ENR.com: Headline News
Without a halt to the current project, what urgent incentive is there to come up with a new plan?
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U.N. Climate Panel Warns Speedier Action Is Needed Avert Disaster
2014-04-13 22:35:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Delivering the latest stark news about climate change on Sunday, a United Nations panel warned that governments are not doing enough to avert profound risks in coming decades. But the experts found a silver lining: Not only is there still time to head off the worst, but the political will to do so seems to be rising around the world. In a report unveiled here, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that decades of foot-dragging by political leaders had propelled humanity into a critical...
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U.N. climate panel warns speedier action is needed to avert disaster
2014-04-13 14:38:56| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The countries of the world have dragged their feet so long on global warming that the situation is now critical, experts appointed by the United Nations reported Sunday, and only an intensive worldwide push over the next 15 years can stave off potentially disastrous climatic changes later in the century. It remains technically possible to keep planetary warming to a tolerable level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found, according to a report unveiled here. But even in parts of the...
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