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Maryland governor releases greenhouse gas reduction plan
2013-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Maryland would get more energy from renewable sources and do more recycling under a long-term plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions that Gov. Martin O'Malley released Thursday. O'Malley, a Democrat, outlined the plans at a summit on climate change with scientists, business leaders and environmental advocates. "As severe weather events continue to grow in size and impact, and elongated trends of poor air quality continue, the costs of inaction would grow exponentially,' the governor...
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AEP says costly U.S. greenhouse gas limits unnecessary
2013-07-25 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: American Electric Power Co, one of the biggest coal burners in the United States, said Thursday the power industry is already on track to meet the Obama administration's carbon reduction goals and does not need federal regulators to impose additional costly limits on greenhouse gas emissions. President Barack Obama wants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and in June instructed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to write extra rules to make it...
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Ford joins voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program in India; first automaker
2013-07-22 20:30:18| Green Car Congress
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Evonik Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 20 Percent
2013-07-02 06:00:00| Chemical Processing
Evonik has reached all self-imposed environmental goals two years ahead of schedule, the company said July 2. This is highlighted in the companys Corporate Responsibility Report 2012, which documents that Evonik reduced its specific energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent between 2004 and 2012.
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Brazil's hydro dams could make its greenhouse gas emissions soar
2013-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GlobalPost: Officials here frequently claim that the huge hydroelectric dams that increasingly dot the Brazilian Amazon are a source of "clean energy.' The dams often flood vast areas of rain forest, leading to a major loss of biodiversity and the devastating displacement of indigenous communities from their ancestral lands. That is justified, President Dilma Rousseff claims, because they help fight climate change. "[Hydroelectric power] does not emit greenhouse gases, and that means we have a renewable energy...
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