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Northeast States Prove Renewables Work in Reducing Carbon Emissions While Growing the Economy
2013-03-27 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If the 10 Northeast states from Maryland to Maine were a country, they would be the tenth largest emitter of climate-altering carbon pollution in the world, according to a report released yesterday by Environment America. In 2010, the region emitted 533 million metric tons of carbon pollution, more than the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and France. "In the wake of Winter Storm Nemo, Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irene, the Northeast must double-down on its commitment to lead the...
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India to meet domestic mitigation goal of reducing emissions by 2020: PM
2013-01-31 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asian News International: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India is committed to meeting its domestic mitigation goal of reducing the emissions intensity of our GDP by 20-25 percent by 2020. Addressing at the Inaugural Session of Delhi Sustainable Development Summit here, Dr. Singh said: "Our country is committed to meeting its domestic mitigation goal of reducing the emissions intensity of our GDP by 20-25 percent by year 2020 compared with 2005 levels. We have already taken several major steps on the...
Toward reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of the Internet and telecommunications
2013-01-02 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Amid growing concern over the surprisingly large amount of greenhouse gas produced by the Internet and other telecommunications activities, researchers are reporting new models of emissions and energy consumption that could help reduce their carbon footprint. Their report appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Researchers from the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) and Bell Labs explain that the information communications and technology (ICT) industry,...
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