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Poll: Public supports Obama plan curb coal plant emissions
2014-06-03 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Intelligencer: A healthy but not top heavy majority of Americans support the Obama administrations plan to cut Americas carbon emissions into the atmosphere by 30 percent in the next decade, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. A coal power plant in Ohio. Power plants are responsible fore more than 40 percent of Americas carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The Obama administration is seeking to cut those emissions by 30 percent. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would allow states...
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China's Plan for an Emissions Cap Is a Climate Change Turning Point
2014-06-03 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Following Obamas encouraging (if not entirely sufficient) commitment to cut carbon emissions in the US, China has announced that it too will combat its contributions to climate change with an absolute cap on carbon dioxide emissions. Reuters reported that at a Beijing conference today, the chairman of China's Advisory Committee on Climate Change, He Jiankun, revealed targets that will be included in their next five-year plan. These included controls on CO2 emissions by intensity as well as an...
Obama's emissions plan could boost climate talks
2014-06-03 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's move to limit U.S. carbon emissions may prompt an important shift by China in its climate policies, where officials are increasingly worried about the costs of pollution anyway, according to a Chinese expert and activists closely following the international negotiations. The initiative may be a crucial move in pressuring Beijing to accept binding goals to cut greenhouse gases, while also allowing the U.S. to start catching up with the European Union in the fight against...
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EPA's plan to cut carbon emissions could shift energy mix
2014-06-03 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The Obama administration's historic plan to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants, unveiled Monday, could hasten the nation's shift from coal toward natural gas, energy efficiency and renewable sources such as wind and solar. The controversial proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency calls for a 30% national cut in power-plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide - below 2005 levels - by 2030, but it gives states varying reduction goals, depending on their power mix. ...
Is New Emissions Plan a Turning Point in Our Love Affair With Coal?
2014-06-02 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Coal built the modern world and still makes its lights glow, but we've reached a turning point in our love affair with this powerful and ancient fuel. The worldwith China and the U.S. in the leadburns more coal now than ever, and our reliance on it to generate electricity keeps rising. But coal pollutes more than oil or natural gas, and scientists say that cutting its use is critical to reducing the impact of climate change. The Obama Administration, amid objections from political foes and...