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VW Proposes Fixes for All Three Dirty Diesel Motors in Germany
2015-11-30 14:10:02| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG submitted fixes for all three of its dirty diesel motors in Germany, a proposal that, if approved, would provide a template for the 8.5 million cars affected by the company's cheating on emissions in Europe. The proposals have made a positive impression on regulators, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in an e-mailed statement Monday.
Radical plan proposes power generators pay close dirty coal competitors
2015-11-18 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Power generators would be forced to pay for the closure of a competitors dirty brown-coal fired plant under a radical plan that could help Australia slow the continued increase in electricity sector greenhouse emissions without a carbon price or expensive government subsidies. The idea from Australian National University academics Frank Jotzo and Salim Mazouz offers the government hope of meeting the long-term emission reduction targets it will promise in Paris and provides the energy sector...
Institute Index: Dirty tar sands oil flows to South's refineries despite Keystone XL rejection
2015-11-14 11:50:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Year in which TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline carrying carbon-heavy tar sands oil from Canada to the United States was approved by the Bush administration: 2008 Year in which the first phase of the pipeline, from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and then on to Illinois, was completed: 2010 Year of completion for the third phase, known as the Gulf Coast Extension and running from Oklahoma to refineries at Port Arthur, Texas: 2014 Year in which another piece of the Gulf Coast Extension, connecting to refineries in Houston, is expected to begin operating: 2016 Date on which President Obama, citing concerns about climate change, rejected the fourth phase of the project, known as the Keystone XL, which would have essentially duplicated the initial phase between Alberta and Nebraska: 11/6/2015 Percent more greenhouse gas emissions produced from an average gallon of tar sands oil than from ... (more)
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Our View: Progress for a dirty harbor
2015-11-08 12:04:13| Electronics - Topix.net
Things are starting to look up for the creatures that live in New Bedford Harbor, according to annual testing of the nation's largest Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency this fall. If improvements continue, we might even get to the point where it's OK to eat seafood caught inside the hurricane barrier without worry.
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Our View: Progress for a dirty harbor
2015-11-08 09:19:21| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Things are starting to look up for the creatures that live in New Bedford Harbor, according to annual testing of the nation's largest Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency this fall. If improvements continue, we might even get to the point where it's OK to eat seafood caught inside the hurricane barrier without worry.
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