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Portland, Ore., Bans Demolitions to Cut Construction Waste
2016-07-08 06:06:16| Waste Age
The Portland, Ore., city council has passed a law banning the demolition of homes built on or before 1916. read more
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Paris Bans All Pre-1997 Cars During Weekdays to Fight Pollution
2016-07-05 20:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Cars During Weekdays to Fight Pollution Radovan Bahna Commuter traffic in Paris. Starting this month, Paris is banning all cars built before 1997 from driving within city limits Monday through Friday in an effort to lower air pollution levels. Paris has been struggling with smog for years and its pollution levels have briefly topped those in Beijing. Similar to Mexico City and New Delhi, Paris banned even- and odd-numbered license plates on alternating days to fight smog earlier this year. It...
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Paris Bans All Cars Made Before 1997 to Reduce Pollution
2016-07-04 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Anyone driving an older car or an old motorcycle will no longer be welcome in the streets of the French capital on weekdays. The ban, which aims to reduce air pollution in the City of Light, came into effect Friday and makes Paris the first city in the country to officially establish a "limited traffic area." From now on, personal-use vehicles built before January 1, 1997 and utility vehicles built before October 1, 1997 will have to be off the roads from 8:00am to 8:00pm, Monday to Friday....
Going green: Morocco bans use of plastic bags
2016-07-01 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: As a ban on the production and use of plastic bags comes into effect across Morocco on Friday, green campaigners say that the country's consumers may need years to fully comply with the new law. A landmark bill passed by the Moroccan parliament last October banned the production, import, sale and distribution of plastic bags across the country. The bill, which became law on July 1, is part of a larger environmentally conscious effort across the North African country to go green. Morocco...
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Germany Bans Fracking But Does It Go Far Enough?
2016-06-28 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, has essentially banned fracking. And if that`s not enough good news for a clean energy future, its capital city Berlin is also pulling its money out of coal, gas and oil companies. Last Friday, Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition of Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats passed legislation amending natural gas extraction rules in ways which effectively bans shale gas hydraulic fracturing, Bloomberg reported. Bloomberg reported that Merkels...
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