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Declaring Our Independence from Carbon Pollution
2013-07-04 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last week, I watched President Obama stand up to the fossil fuel industry and all their friends in Congress and for future generations as he outlined his national Climate Action Plan. The speech was clear sighted on both the core problem of carbon pollution and the fact were already paying for it in spades. It was bold in following through on a promise to take action if Congress failed. Most important, though, this was the first time in a generation when a U.S. president officially broke the silence...
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Europes politicians vote to resuscitate carbon market
2013-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: The worlds largest carbon-trading market may awaken from its coma: politicians in Europes parliament today agreed a plan to revive market prices which have collapsed in the recession. Its a change-of-heart from a parliament which had rejected the same idea in April. But although it would lift the market out of total irrelevancy, the plan still wont raise carbon prices high enough to spur investment in low-carbon energy, which was one of the European trading schemes key goals when it was launched...
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Move to fix EU carbon market praised
2013-07-04 14:33:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK and green groups welcome a move to rescue the EU's carbon trading scheme, but urge deeper reforms.
Move to fix EU carbon market praised
2013-07-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK government and green groups have welcomed a European Parliament move to rescue the EU's carbon trading scheme, but say deeper reforms are needed. MEPs backed a European Commission plan to freeze the auctioning of some carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances. The idea is to reduce the current oversupply of allowances, thereby pushing up the carbon price. Carbon trading gives heavy industry an incentive to cut CO2 emissions, which have been linked to global warming. The parliament...
How your Facebook page has the same carbon impact as 12 lattes
2013-07-04 05:35:37| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Facebook's 1.1 billion users each emitted 3.5 kilograms of CO2 by sharing photos, sending messages, and watching videos last year, according to the latest environmental update from the social networking giant. The company announced late last week that its emissions per user grew 18 per cent between 2011 and 2012, meaning each user's account now had an annual carbon emissions impact equivalent to the energy it takes to make 12 latte coffees or 36 glasses of wine. In a statement on its website,...
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