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European forests near 'carbon saturation point'
2013-08-18 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: European forests are showing signs of reaching a saturation point as carbon sinks, a study has suggested. Since 2005, the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by the continent's trees has been slowing, researchers reported. Writing in Nature Climate Change, they said this was a result of a declining volume of trees, deforestation and the impact of natural disturbances. Carbon sinks play a key role in the global carbon cycle and are promoted as a way to offset rising emissions. Many of Europe's...
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Skyonic awards $117M construction contract to Toyo-Thai-USA for commercial-scale carbon capture and utilization plant
2013-08-18 17:30:13| Green Car Congress
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Leaked IPCC drafts lift confidence in humans' carbon culpability
2013-08-18 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate scientists are surer than ever that human activity is causing global warming, according to leaked drafts of a major UN report, but they are finding it harder than expected to predict the impact in specific regions in coming decades. The uncertainty is frustrating for government planners: the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the main guide for states weighing multi-billion-dollar shifts to renewable energy from fossil fuels, for coastal regions considering...
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New Zealand scales back 2020 carbon target
2013-08-16 12:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The New Zealand government has been branded "a disgrace" by green campaigners after watering down its 2020 carbon reduction target. The government had previously indicated it would reduce its greenhouse gas levels by 10-20 per cent based on 1990 levels by the end of the decade. But Climate Change Minister Tim Groser today confirmed the target would be just five per cent. Defending the decision, Groser argued that a five per cent reduction was more ambitious than its first Kyoto Protocol target...
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New Zealand reduces carbon emissions target
2013-08-15 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New Zealand scaled back its target for reducing carbon emissions on Friday, saying the move was an interim step ahead of a new United Nations pact from 2020. The government said it would commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It had previously indicated that it would look at a cut of 10 percent to 20 percent. "In deciding this target, the government has carefully balanced the cost to New Zealand households and businesses against taking ambitious action...
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