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EU politicians say no to forests as easy option for curbing emissions
2016-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven political groups in the European Parliament on Wednesday called on the European Commission to prevent nations such as a Poland using forests to try to escape from cutting emissions in other areas. Following the Paris climate change agreement in December last year, the European Union is about to begin what is expected to be a fierce debate on how to cut emissions across the 28-member bloc. Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, has been promoting the idea of climate neutrality, rather...
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Curbing Curbside Recycling Costs and Boosting Recovery
2016-05-19 10:43:00| Waste Age
Arlene Karidis Getting Americans to recycle correctly remains a big challenge for the industry. read more
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Report finds little progress at curbing Border Patrol abuses
2016-03-15 14:01:26| Agriculture - Topix.net
The system for disciplining abusive or corrupt Border Patrol agents and officers is so flawed that it hardly acts to deter criminal misconduct in the nation's largest law enforcement agency, according to an independent task force that investigated the problems. The team's 49-page final report will be submitted Tuesday to a homeland security advisory council that commissioned it, and then given to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
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MIT accelerates push to find technological solutions to curbing carbon emissions
2016-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Some MIT professors are researching nuclear power plants that can float in the ocean. Others are testing atom-sized solar cells that can coat skyscraper windows or smartphone screens. And still others are looking at how to mix algae with sunlight to make a reliable, clean fuel. Policy makers, scientists, and many others are banking on technological breakthroughs in the wake of an agreement last month by 195 nations to cut carbon emissions -- a landmark effort to slow the rise of global temperatures....
US and Japan to announce deal curbing coal financing
2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The Obama administration has crafted a deal with Japan to restrict financing for overseas coal projects, several sources told ClimateWire. The agreement is aimed at influencing other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which will meet next month in Paris for a contentious decision over setting common rules to phase out coal financing for export credit agencies. Yet other OECD countries have not yet signed onto the deal, which could curtail 80 percent...
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