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International airlines face emissions caps from 2020
2013-10-09 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: AIR travel isn't yet guilt-free, but it might be getting a bit greener. A UN agreement announced on 4 October means that airlines will have to curb their greenhouse gas emissions for international flights from 2020. The deal, brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), seems like a big step forwards for efforts to tackle climate change. The agreement is a historic milestone for air transport, says ICAO council president Roberto Kobeh González. "We have ultimately determined...
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International airlines face emissions caps from 2020
2013-10-08 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: International Air travel looks set to go greener. A global United Nations agreement announced last week means that international airlines will have to curb their greenhouse gas emissions from 2020. The deal seems like a big step forwards for efforts to tackle climate change, but so far it is unclear how powerful the controls will really be. The deal, announced on 4 October, was brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a branch of the United Nations that regulates international...
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VIDEO: Housing caps: Good or bad for you?
2013-09-13 21:15:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
House price increases should be limited to 5% a year by the Bank of England to "take the froth out" of price booms, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.
Climate change: Size of Arctic ice caps increases
2013-09-09 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: After last year's record low ice cover in the Arctic, the size of the northern ice caps appears to have increased this year. The Mail on Sunday cites a leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which says there was 60 per cent more Arctic sea ice this August than at the same time last year. The minimum reading for the year normally comes in September. Arctic sea ice partially melts each summer, returning in the winter. But the summer retreat has been increasing...
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Today's oil prices fall over eased supply fears; factory output caps slide
2013-09-03 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices increased slightly on Tuesday, because of firm Chinese economic data, despite the tightening of supplies because of the collapse of Libyan exports.
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