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Combatting sea level rise requires complex policy planning
2014-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South Coast Today: Pressure for governments to find new ways to combat climate change is rising with the tide. That's the subject of a book by UMass Dartmouth Professor Chad McGuire about law and policy considerations governments must take when facing sea level rise. While many may think that simply renourishing beaches or building more sea walls could solve the problem, McGuire says the challenge is far more complex. "The problem with sea level rise is that it presents us with a new reality, a new set of...
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Australia's CO2 Group CEO quits as new govt policy hits carbon business
2014-01-26 10:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: CO2 Group Ltd, Australia's biggest carbon project developer, said its chief executive has resigned as proposed changes to Australia's climate policy force the company to pursue new growth areas. Andrew Grant will leave his position after a decade heading up the company, according to the company statement on Tuesday. "Recent changes in government policy, the proposed abolition of the current carbon pricing regime and continuing uncertainty in the carbon market generally has led the company to...
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European climate policy: Worse than useless
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economist: SINCE climate change was identified as a serious threat to the planet, Europe has been in the vanguard of the effort to mitigate it. The policies it has adopted are designed with two aims in mind: to cut European emissions drastically and to push other big emitters into adopting similar policies. By both measures, they have failed. That America and China have not taken serious steps to reduce their own emissions is hardly Europes fault. Yet had Europes policies worked better, other countries...
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Danville (Ill.) board adopts uniform dress policy for all students
2014-01-24 18:24:00| American School & University
Proponents say uniforms will prevent display of gang colors, make visitors stand out. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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EPA And Industry Fail To Settle Waste Unit Risk Policy Fight
2014-01-23 09:33:18| pollutiononline News Articles
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry groups including cement producers have failed to settle a permit dispute that is testing whether the agency has the authority to require operators of hazardous waste combustion units to conduct risk assessments that can be used to strengthen emissions limits for mercury and other pollutants when renewing the facilities' existing waste and air permits. Negotiations stalled during a meeting in November 2013 between EPA lawyers and cement kiln operators at EPA's Region V offices, according to an 8 January 2014 status report the parties filed with the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). Litigation will continue on 20 February 2014.
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