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In Santiago, Climate Change Fuels Choking Air Pollution
2015-06-23 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Thick clouds of heavy smog hung low in Santiago on Monday, a day of exceptional filth in Chiles pollution-stricken capital city. The haze forced more than 1,300 businesses to close after authorities declared an environmental emergency, the first of its kind since 1999. Approximately 80 percent of the citys 1.7 million cars were forced to park, and 100 percent of the citys 7 million people were warned to avoid outdoor activity. The warning was prudent one of the last times this happened, an...
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UN: clean energy investment can support economy more than fossil fuels
2015-06-23 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Transitioning to renewable energy sources can create more jobs and positively benefit economies, according to a new report. The paper argues that investment in clean energy, rather than fossil fuels, will boost job creation. The research, from the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), states that countries that sustain annual investments in energy efficiency and renewables at a rate of 1.5% of GDP will maintain healthy economic growth rates...
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'Phasing out fossil fuels to stabilise climate'
2015-06-22 06:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan has hailed the leading Group of 7 (G7) industrial nations for announcing to phase out the use of fossil fuels by decarbonising the global economy in the course of this century. Such move, if actualised, would help control emission of climate altering green house gases (GHGs), which have caused global warming. Eventually, this would lead to stabilising climate change and reduction in occurrence of the climate change-induced natural disasters, the minister...
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IMO adopts new code for ships fuelled by low-flashpoint fuels
2015-06-18 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) maritime safety committee (MSC) has adopted a new mandatory code for ships fuelled by gases or other low-flashpoint fuels (IGF Code).
Joule Expands Intellectual Property On Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Hydrocarbon Fuels
2015-06-17 05:24:54| chemicalonline News Articles
Joule, the pioneer of liquid fuels from recycled CO2, recently announced the issuance of an additional patent on the direct, continuous production of hydrocarbon fuels – extending its ability to target the highest-value molecules of the petroleum distillation process and generate them on demand from sunlight and CO2
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