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Mega-dams doing drastic harm to tropical biodiversity: study

2015-07-13 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Researchers with the University of East Anglia say the full extent of impacts to biodiversity of large hydroelectric dams in lowland tropical forest regions have been "severely overlooked." Mega-dams are being proposed the world over as sustainable development projects, even though there have been plenty of studies calling attention to the fact that the emissions savings from hydroelectric dams are drastically overstated. But this is one of the first times that such an extensive study has been done...

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Top EU companies urge drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions

2015-05-21 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Top European companies urged governments on Thursday to set a goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero well before 2100, saying that going green can bring profits rather than costs. Business leaders from global and European alliances of companies including Unilever, Total and Saint-Gobain also called for a global price on carbon emissions and a phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies. "We want a global climate deal that achieves net zero emissions - make it happen," they said in a statement...

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Sugar industry needs drastic reforms

2015-03-19 07:34:45| Sugar Industry News

Experts and officials have pointed out that Viet Nam is poised to reduce import tariffs sharply under WTO and ASEAN commitments.

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Obamas power plant rule leaked: EPA seeks drastic reduction in emissions

2014-06-01 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Salon: The Obama administration is set to announce its draft proposal to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants at 10:30 am ET Monday morning, and according to information obtained by the Wall Street Journal, they`re going to pack a powerful punch. The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on emission levels from 2005, "two people who have been briefed on the rule" told the WSJ. That`s considerably...

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UN calls for drastic action to stop climate change

2014-04-13 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: The world must take radical steps to combat climate change, and begin right away -- but if it does, the cost of a greener, healthier future will be surprisingly small. However if the world wishes to avoid ecological catastrophe, it will probably need new technologies that suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and bury it underground. This is the message of a new major climate change report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released in Berlin on Sunday. Members...

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