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Southern California's pulling ahead of the pack in clean car innovation
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Orange County Register: Silicon Valley is often described as the hub of California's clean technology economy, but Los Angeles and Orange counties are in the forefront of innovations in advanced transportation, according to a new report. Researchers for Next 10, a San Francisco-based think tank focused on alternative energy, found that collaboration among Southern California companies, local agencies and universities has spawned a host of new companies and initiatives to launch electric vehicles, build charging infrastructure...
European calls for strict climate measures ahead of Lima talks
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Countries around the world must put in place a range of emission-reducing policies if global warming is to be contained, according to a nonbinding resolution adopted Nov. 26 by the European Parliament in preparation for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in Lima, which starts Dec. 1. In particular, a global climate deal for the post-2020 period should stimulate widespread adoption of energy efficiency and renewable-energy policies, carbon pricing and resource efficiency,...
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Ahead of Peru climate summit, cautious hope strong draft text
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The two-week United Nations climate conference in Peru, which begins Monday, is the final pit stop before Paris in 2015, where negotiators aim to strike a deal obligating, for the first time, all countries to combat climate change. The Lima talks are expected to deliver a draft text to be negotiated and finalized in Paris next year. Nations aim to chart a course for unprecedented action on reducing carbon emissions, while ensuring that developing nations' goals of economic growth to bring millions...
Rare optimism ahead of climate talks in Lima
2014-11-29 06:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Energized by new targets set by China and the United States, the world's top climate polluters, U.N. global warming talks resume Monday with unusual optimism despite evidence that human-generated climate change is already happening and bound to get worse. Negotiators from more than 190 countries will meet in the Peruvian capital for two weeks to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. Getting all countries aboard will be a crucial test for the...
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Week Ahead: November Jobs Report
2014-11-29 00:15:37| Air Courier - Topix.net
Analysts at IHS Global Insight are predicting a gain of 258,000 new jobs in November, an increase over October when 214,000 new jobs were created. The analysts say the projected boost is a result primarily of holiday delivery drivers hired on a seasonal basis by parcel service delivery companies such as FedEx and UPS .
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