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Asia Wants Paris Climate Talks to Tackle Historic Emissions and Make Some Real Change
2015-11-22 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: On a late Friday afternoon as choking smog descended on the Indian Capital, Francois Richier, the French ambassador to India , took some hard questions from scores of journalists about the upcoming climate change talks in Paris this month. The journalists were discussing the run up to global climate change Conference of Parties, COP 21, which starts 30th November in Paris and one of the reoccurring sentiments was that this meeting is a done deal and that little if anything would be accomplished....
VW now admits not one diesel it sold in the US since 2009 met emissions standards
2015-11-20 23:10:30| Extremetech
VW has finally come clean -- we think. As it stands now, every single VW and Audi diesel vehicle sold in the US from 2009 to 2015 cheated on its emission tests.
Transportation Emissions Could Be Cut Half by 2050
2015-11-20 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Carbon emissions from cars, trucks, trains and airplanes are expected to double by 2050 but those emissions could be reduced by half if cities worldwide widely adopt better public transit and electric vehicles, according to a new study released Friday. The transportation sector is responsible for 23 percent of all human carbon dioxide emissions fueling climate change today, and they could double by 2050 as people in developing countries drive more. The paper, written by researchers from the...
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Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies will reduce carbon emissions by 12%
2015-11-20 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Sandrine Dixson-Declve, the director of the Cambridge Universitys Institute for Sustainability Leadership says that Europe needs to eliminate fossul fuel subsidies and create an energy system based around renewables or will face becoming increasingly uncompetitive. Speaking in Paris yesterday at the European Wind Energy Conference where Ecotricitys launched their groundbreaking new windmill, the Britwind H15, Dixson-Declve warned that fossil fuel subsidies are harming the poor and are based...
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U.S. Settles With Gasoline Refiner To Reduce Emissions At Utah Facility
2015-11-20 04:38:19| pollutiononline News Articles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with HollyFrontier Corporation subsidiaries (HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing LLC, Frontier El Dorado Refining, LLC, Holly Refining & Marketing Company-Woods Cross, LLC, and Navajo Refining Company, LLC) that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations regarding fuel quality emissions standards and testing requirements at three HollyFrontier facilities.
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