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Congressman introduces Super Pollutant emissions act
2013-05-10 19:30:15| Green Car Congress
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Fugitive Methane Emissions: The Climate Implications of U.S. Shale Gas Exports
2013-05-10 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. natural gas production is booming. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), production grew by 23 percent from 2007 to 2012. Now--with production projected to continue growing in the decades ahead--U.S. lawmakers and companies are considering exporting this resource internationally. But what are the climate implications of doing so? This is a topic I sought to address in my testimony on May 7, before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy...
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Canada adopts stricter emissions standards for ships; further alignment with US on air emissions
2013-05-10 13:30:24| Green Car Congress
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Researchers find a way to make steel without greenhouse-gas emissions
2013-05-08 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Anyone who has seen pictures of the giant, red-hot cauldrons in which steel is made -- fed by vast amounts of carbon, and belching flame and smoke -- would not be surprised to learn that steelmaking is one of the world's leading industrial sources of greenhouse gases. But remarkably, a new process developed by MIT researchers could change all that. The new process even carries a couple of nice side benefits: The resulting steel should be of higher purity, and eventually, once the process is scaled...
Sustainable cities: cutting emissions and opening up data
2013-05-07 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: If your first boss was Bill Clinton, for most of us it would be downhill from there. But not for Conor Riffle. The young American's first job out of college was for the Clinton Foundation in 2006. Tasked with jetting around the world with the president, to understand where the foundation could best focus its efforts on climate change, it was a meeting in London with Ken Livingstone which set Riffle on his current course. The London mayor was setting up the C20 group of world cities (which became...
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