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	Air & Climate Newsletter May 08, 2008

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US energy dept awards US$126m for carbon sequestration projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced awards of more than US$126.6 million to the West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (WESTCARB) and the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) for the Department’s fifth and sixth large-scale carbon sequestration projects. These industry partnerships, which are part of DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, will conduct large volume tests in California and Ohio to demonstrate the ability of a geologic formation to safely, permanently, and economically store more than one million tons of carbon dioxide ...

Watchdog calls for new UN agency to oversee transport emissions
A newly formed watchdog of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is proposing that the UN establish a new authority to regulate emissions from high-carbon international activities such as aviation and shipping. The International Scientific and Business Congress on Protecting the Climate, a group of climate change policy negotiators, scientists, and business stakeholders, suggested that the UNFCCC establish a World Carbon Authority to oversee a global emissions cap-and-trade scheme that would apply initially to the transport sector. They made the proposal in an open ...

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EPA plans to restrict toxic airborne lead
For the first time in 30 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to further reduce the amount of lead in the air. While leaded gasoline ...
Americans` carbon emissions twice as big as others, says new MIT research
Whether you live in a mansion or you are homeless on the street, whether you enjoy eating only raw fruits and vegetables or you must have filet mignon, ...
Breathing in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh can be hazardous for your health
One out of every 10 people in the United States lives in an area with unhealthful levels of all three types of air pollution tracked by the new American ...
Climate change warms world`s largest lake, Baikal in Siberia
The rising temperature of the world`s largest lake - Lake Baikal in Siberia - shows that this icy region of Russia is changing due to global warming, ...
How well is the UN`s approach to climate change working?
Scientists in the UK have carried out a preliminary evaluation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to assess how effective ...
Nine EU states warned over lateness of emissions permits
The European Commission is sending nine Member States first written warnings for failing to issue new or updated permits for over 9,000 industrial installations ...
Asia launches climate change fund with US$40m
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is establishing a new fund to slow the onset of climate change and to help the Asia-Pacific region adapt to the expected ...
Is global warming all over?
The recent fall in global temperatures has led to increasing speculation that global warming is a thing of the past. Despite this fall, a look at global ...

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