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The US plan to cut emissions: What you need to know
2014-06-02 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The US has just taken its first significant step towards cutting its greenhouse gas emissions. It has set targets to cut carbon emission from existing power plants. Forget all the gobbledegook: we'll explain what today's announcement really means. Sorry, what has happened? Last year, US president Barack Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to come up with a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The agency has just presented that plan. It says that by...
White House plan targets methane emissions
2014-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The White House announced a wide-ranging plan Friday aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources. The plan, part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, comes amid concerns about increased methane emissions resulting from an ongoing boom in drilling for oil and natural gas. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas released by landfills, cattle and leaks from oil and gas production. Methane...
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White House plan targets methane emissions
2014-03-28 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The White House announced a wide-ranging plan Friday aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources, part of President Barack Obamas strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. The White House plan, which could lead to several new regulations on energy production and waste management, comes amid concerns about increased methane emissions resulting from an ongoing boom in drilling for oil and natural gas. Methane is a...
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Obamas Methane Emissions Plan Puts Oil, Coal and Gas Industries on Notice
2014-03-28 20:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Methane emissions have decreased by 11 percent in the past 24 years, but they could pick back up by 2030 if actions arent taken to combat them. Thats why the powerful greenhouse gas is the center of a newly announced strategy by the White House. Released Friday as a new layer to President Barack Obamas Climate Action Plan, the methane emissions strategy aims to bring economic and health benefits to the country while fighting climate change by removing a gas from the atmosphere that, by the...
EU announces plan to cut carbon emissions 40 per cent by 2030
2014-01-22 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK's green economy has today received a significant boost, after the European Commission unveiled a new package of climate and energy policies designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. The long-running negotiations are understood to have gone down to the wire this morning, after a handful of commissioners pushed for a more modest series of emissions and renewable energy targets. But European Commission president José Manuel Barroso pushed through a series of targets that...