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French carbon pricing committee proposes tax on coal-fired power
2016-07-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A French government advisory committee has recommended that France increase taxation on coal-fired power plants, or set stiffer carbon emissions standards, to encourage a shift to gas-fired plants to reduce carbon emissions. The proposal was included in a report handed to French Environment Minister Segolene Royal on Monday by the committee, which was appointed in March to review European carbon pricing and make recommendations to the French government. France currently chairs the United Nations...
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Donors Mitigation Agenda Topped By Preserving Forest Carbon Sinks
2016-07-11 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Good governance and large carbon sinks in developing countries are likely to be the principal destination for major green donors climate mitigation funding, new research has found. The study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) compared the factors used to allocate climate mitigation finance to 180 developing countries by the five largest donors Japan, Germany, France, Norway and the United States. Ways of addressing the global need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions vary from promoting...
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Scottish Government and European energy firms participate in Carbon Trusts OWA initiative
2016-07-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
The Scottish Government and nine major European offshore wind developers have agreed to invest a total of 7.9m to Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme to bring new innovations to the renewables market.
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Preserving forest carbon sinks top of donors' climate mitigation agenda
2016-07-07 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: New research has found that developing countries with large carbon sinks and good governance tend to be the main destination for major green donors' climate mitigation funding. The study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) compared the factors used to allocate climate mitigation finance to 180 developing countries by the five largest donors - Japan, Germany, France, Norway and the United States. Ways of addressing the global need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions vary from promoting energy...
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As Exxon ramps up support of carbon tax, imagine the possibilities
2016-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas News: Mention Exxon Mobil, and environmentalists will immediately remind you of the firm's embarrassing reputation as an opponent of clean energy and denier of climate change. The company's scientists warned as far back as the 1970s that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels posed a danger to the planet. Yet the company ignored the warning and for decades publicly denied that a problem existed. Now a Wall Street Journal story last week offers a hopeful new role for the Irving-based energy conglomerate....
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