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EU`s climate policy gets final go-ahead
The European Union has given the final approval to its ambitious climate change and energy policies, agreed by EU ministers back in December 2008. Commenting on the final agreement, UK energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband said: “Europe’s climate and energy package sends a strong signal that, even in the most challenging of economic times, it’s possible to take bold far-sighted action to cut emissions. The new measures will incentivise low carbon technology, dramatically boost clean green energy, and provide billions in funding for vital carbon capture and storage demonstration plants. ... |
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New USGS study documents rapid disappearance of Antarctica`s ice shelves
Possible Forecast for Continued Antarctica Glacier Loss and Sea-Level Rise Due to Climate Change. Antarctica`s glaciers are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey. The USGS study documents for the first time that one ice shelf has completely disappeared and another has lost a chunk three times the size of Rhode Island. This research is part of a larger ongoing project that is for the first time studying the entire Antarctic coastline.
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An atlas of potential underground storage sites for carbon dioxide emissions will be compiled for South Africa as part of a plan to be using carbon capture ...
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