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How Microsoft harvests carbon offsets to save forests
2013-12-07 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GreenBiz: This evening I'm participating in a discussion at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club with thought leaders from various industries to explore the environmental and economic impacts of deforestation. Deforestation represents a large environmental issue: it is the source of 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Each year, 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere as 35 million acres of forest are destroyed through slash and burn agriculture, logging and charcoal production....
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Canada: Cracking the carbon conundrum
2013-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: Its Albertas biggest environmental battle -- to reduce the rising greenhouse gases in the oilsands -- and former oil executive Eric Newell is running a global search for some silver bullets. Newell also knows its a race against time. At this critical juncture, while the U.S. and all other industrialized countries are reducing carbon emissions to combat global warming, Albertas greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Those emissions are a major reason Canada wont meet its international...
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Australia Urged to Buy Carbon Credits for Cheaper Emission Curbs
2013-12-05 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Buying carbon credits near record low prices in global markets would cost-effectively ensure Australia meets its pledge to cut emissions by 5 percent, an industry group told the nations new government. Purchasing carbon credits from the UNs Clean Development Mechanism would give the government an insurance policy if its plans for reducing emissions fall short, according to a recommendation from The Australian Industry Group, which has a membership of 60,000 businesses. Certified Emission Reductions...
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Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon
2013-12-05 06:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More than two dozen of the nations biggest corporations, including the five major oil companies, are planning their future growth on the expectation that the government will force them to pay a price for carbon pollution as a way to control global warming. The development is a striking departure from conservative orthodoxy and a reflection of growing divisions between the Republican Party and its business supporters. A new report by the environmental data company CDP has found that at least 29...
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Storing Carbon in Deep Ocean Rocks Could Reduce Climate Threats
2013-12-04 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Scientists from the University of Southampton claim to have found a possible solution to the ever-increasing threat of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: store it in particular locations far beneath the ocean. Southampton researchers have identified five potential off-shore regions near Australia, Japan, Siberia, South Africa and Bermuda that they say have the geological features suitable for safely storing large volumes of carbon for centuries. While the movement to use more sustainable and...
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