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Calgon Carbon signs 10-year contract with Palmdale Water District
2014-09-11 18:04:27| Chemicals - Topix.net
Calgon Carbon Corp. announced Thursday it has signed a 10-year contract to provide reactivation services to treat the drinking water for the Palmdale Water District, located in Palmdale, Calif. The value of the contract will depend upon the amount of spent carbon that is reactivated annually, which is expected to be about 1 million pounds, according to Calgon Carbon .
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Ocean losing ability absorb increasing carbon dioxide emissions
2014-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are rising at a record rate as fossil fuel consumption increases and the ability of the oceans to absorb the greenhouse gas diminishes, the World Meteorological Organisation said. Average levels of C02 in the atmosphere rose almost 3 parts per million to 396 in 2013, accelerating from the 2.2 ppm increase in the previous year, the UN body said, citing data from 125 monitoring sites worldwide. "The changes we're seeing are really drastic," Oksana Tarasova,...
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China sees big drop in carbon emissions: Premier
2014-09-10 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: China's carbon emissions saw the largest drop in years as the nation furthers structural readjustment to improve growth quality, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday. The country's carbon intensity was cut by about 5 percent in the first half of the year, the largest drop in many years, the premier said in an address to the Summer Davos forum, also known as the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014, being held in the port city of Tianjin in north China. Meanwhile, energy consumption...
Global carbon dioxide levels at record high in 2013
2014-09-10 04:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 as increasing levels of man-made pollution transform the planet, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday. In an annual report, the World Meteorological Organization said that carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas blamed for the largest share of global warming, rose to global concentrations of 396 parts per million last year, the biggest year-to-year change in three decades. That's an increase of 2.9 ppm from the previous year...
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AOA report reveals UK airports are reducing noise pollution and carbon emission despite growth
2014-09-10 01:00:00| Airport Technology
A report released by the Airport Operators Association (AOA) has revealed that UK airports are reducing carbon emissions and managing noise while maintaining growth momentum.
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