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World Bank launches $500 mln carbon market scheme
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The World Bank on Monday launched a $500 million market-based scheme designed to help developing countries pay for emission reductions and combat climate change. Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have jointly pledged an initial $250 million to get the so-called Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) up and running next year, while the bank hopes further contributions will take the eventual total to $500 mln. The scheme, which will reward countries for reducing emissions by paying a fee...
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Shell launches $1.35bn Quest carbon capture and storage project in Canada
2015-11-09 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Royal Dutch Shell has launched the $1.35bn Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada and commenced operations.
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Shell launches commercial operation of Quest carbon capture and storage in Alberta oil sands
2015-11-08 14:55:33| Green Car Congress
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UK's Peel Ports launches Cargo200 carbon emission initiative
2015-05-01 01:00:00| Ship Technology
UK port operator Peel Ports has launched a carbon emission initiative, Cargo200, outlining opportunities for cargo owners, importers and exporters to reduce freight mileage.
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Climate group launches initiative for a carbon tax in Washington
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregon Public Broadcasting: If you're at the Seattle Mariners season opener Monday you might run into some folks with clipboards, gathering signatures for a newly-announced initiative for 2016 that would tax carbon emissions. The circulation of petitions to put Initiative 732 on the 2016 ballot signals a new strategy that may come into play if Gov. Jay Inslee and fellow Democrats in the Legislature are unable to pass their own carbon cap-and-trade proposal. The Initiative would phase in a $25-per-ton tax on carbon dioxide...
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