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NDP promises carbon curbs that won't hurt Alberta's oil and gas industry
2015-11-16 01:21:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd said the province's NDP government will both take a leadership role on the climate-change file and stand up for Alberta's energy industry - hammered by low crude and natural gas prices and limited pipeline access to global markets. Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd said the province's NDP government will both take a leadership role on the climate-change file and stand up for Alberta's energy industry - hammered by low crude and natural gas prices and limited pipeline access to global markets.
Climate curbs will slow temperature rise; more needed for 2C goal: UN
2015-10-30 12:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Plans by about 150 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century but they need to do more to limit rising global temperatures to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), the United Nations said on Friday. Scientists say warming must be kept below 2 degrees by the end of the century to stave off the worst effects of climate change such as floods, droughts and rising sea levels. National strategies would restrict a rise in world emissions to the equivalent of 56.7...
UN says climate curbs will slow, but not reverse, temperature rise
2015-10-30 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Plans by 146 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century and keep alive a goal of limiting a rise in temperatures to two degrees Celsius (3.6° Fahrenheit), the United Nations said on Friday. But even if these 10-to-15 year plans are fulfilled, humanity will have used up three-quarters of its carbon "budget" by 2030 and must slash greenhouse gas output even more to avoid devastating climate impacts, the UN's Climate Change Secretariat warned. "An unprecedented...
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Row over traffic curbs in polluted Paris
2015-10-25 00:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A row has erupted over the Paris authorities accelerating plans to pedestrianise parts of the French capital and restrict traffic to combat high pollution and congestion. ADVERTISING The mayor, Anne Hidalgo, confirmed this week that a long section of the Georges Pompidou expressway on the Right Bank of the Seine will be permanently closed to traffic from next summer. The move has rekindled controversy over the citys anti-car policies, with the Medef employers federation complaining that...
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US curbs Arctic offshore drilling
2015-10-17 00:46:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The US announces new curbs on oil and gas exploration off Alaska's northern coast, after Shell stopped its Arctic operation there.
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