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Donald Trump Slapped With Fine Pollution From His Private Jet
2016-01-08 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Donald Trump has been having a tough time in the UK lately. First, he lost his appeal with the UK Supreme Court to halt a Scottish wind farm project near his resort in Aberdeenshire. Next, a parliamentary petition, backed by more than 500,000 people, was launched to bar Trump from entering the UK. And now, a UK agency is slapping him with a fine for carbon pollution from one of his private jets. Donald Trump fined for pollution from one of his private jets https://t.co/LBX02bcIRh -- The Guardian...
Washington aims limit carbon pollution largest facilities
2016-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bellingham Herald: The states largest industrial emitters would be required to reduce carbon emissions by 5 percent every three years, under a proposed rule released Wednesday by state regulators. The Department of Ecologys proposed Clean Air Rule would initially apply to about two dozen manufacturing plants, refineries, power plants, natural gas distributors and others that release at least 100,000 metric tons of carbon a year. Many more facilities would likely be covered by the rule as that threshold is lowered...
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95% consensus of expert economists: cut carbon pollution
2016-01-04 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: he Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University (NYU) School of Law recently published a report summarizing a survey of economists with climate expertise. The report was a follow-up and expansion of a similar survey conducted in 2009 by the same institute. The key finding: theres a strong consensus among climate economics experts that we should put a price on carbon pollution to curb the expensive costs of climate change. The survey participants included economists who have published...
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United Kingdom: Hundreds of buses to be fitted with green technology to cut air pollution
2016-01-03 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A million greener bus journeys will take place across the UK next year after ministers announced 7million to fund new technology. Hundreds of buses will be fitted with devices to cut harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in areas where pollution is high, reducing toxins by 90 per cent according to government research. Fifty London buses will go green and Bristol and Brighton will both see 35 vehicles fitted with the technology. Other areas including Leeds, York, Sunderland and Norfolk will...
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The big ban theory: Big city pollution wont be solved by kneejerk odd-even reactions
2016-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: Blink before you ban should be the first lesson in administration. This applies not just to Delhi government's odd and even licence plate policy, but equally to liquor ban, beef ban, book ban, and the list goes on. While Delhi is still experimenting with its new traffic rules, let us pause for some reality therapy. It is important we do this before the odd and even idea spreads and catches other cities too. A ban is like an antibiotic; in the right dose it helps, over medicate and the drug turns...
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