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Congress to pass bill opposing EU aircraft emissions rules
The US Congress is expected to pass a bill in the coming weeks expressing its formal opposition to a new EU law requiring commercial airlines to buy carbon permits for every tonne of CO2 they emit flying in and out of the bloc`s airports.
Although the bill is considered less inflammatory than previously tabled proposals banning US airlines from complying with the regulation, it will no doubt stoke tensions between Brussels and Washington.
The EU incensed the US and many other countries, including China, India and Russia, by |
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California green lights tough low carbon car standards
California on Friday approved some of the world`s most ambitious green car standards, with officials rubber-stamping a wide-ranging package of regulations that promises to halve greenhouse gas emissions and deliver 1.4 million zero emission vehicles to state roads by 2025.
The new regulations were voted through unanimously by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and will build on nationwide standards approved last year by the Obama administration that require all new US cars to double average fleet fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles ... |
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More Than 60 Percent of EUEC Attendees Surveyed Believe Carbon Pricing Will Impact Their Businesses in 2012
Enviance, Inc., a global provider of Environmental ERP (EERP) solutions that measure, manage, report and reduce environmental and ...
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Arcadia Receives $4.5 Million Grant from USAID to Develop Salt-Tolerant Rice and Gather Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Nitrogen Efficient Crops
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and ...
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Indian bid to cut aviation emissions set for takeoff
Indian airlines and airports have been asked to record their annual carbon emissions in what would be a first step towards creating a national inventory ...
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Picarro Reveals Carbon Emissions in Davos from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
World Economic Forum —Picarro, the world`s leading provider of instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements, today announced ...
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UNFCCC launches climate adaption guide for businesses
The UN`s climate agency has released a new online tool detailing how the world`s largest companies plan to deal with climate change, in a bid to help ...
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Removal of fossil fuel subsides could achieve 50% of global CO2 reduction targets
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), a complete phase-out of fossil fuel would reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 5.8%, or 2 Gigatonne ...
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Crowcon’s gas detectors ensure safe operation at Indian Oil and Gas Terminal
100 Nimbus flameproof (Exd) detectors supplied to Cairn Energy’s Mangala facility in Rajasthan
100 of Crowcon’s Nimbus flameproof (Exd) hydrocarbon ...
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Airlines may escape EU carbon law penalties
Countries opposing an EU law that charges airlines for carbon emissions should consider seeking waivers by adopting equivalent emission reduction measures, ...
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