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	Air & Climate Newsletter April 24, 2008

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Bush announces new CO2 emission target
President George W. Bush has outlined a new climate goal for the United States, calling for the nation to halt the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. Bush touted his new climate strategy as ambitious, but environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers criticized the plan as feeble and contend it falls far short of what is needed to fend off climate change. `Waiting until 2025 to stop the growth of greenhouse gas pollution means, for all practical purposes, admitting defeat,` said Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp. `The president needs to set a much bolder goal if we`re ...

UK`s National Grid aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80%
The UK`s National Grid has announced it is to increase its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050. It also unveiled its intention to adopt new carbon budgets across its UK and US electricity and gas businesses from April 2009, integrating them into the management of its day-to-day business operations and company performance process, to help achieve this target. National Grid’s Chief Executive, Steve Holliday, said: “Minimising our impact on the environment while delivering safe, secure and economic supplies of energy to customers is not ...

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Brief smog exposure linked to premature death
Exposures of less than 24 hours to current levels of ground-level ozone in many areas are likely to contribute to premature deaths, finds a new US National ...
New study quantifies pollution reduced by telecommuters
An analysis of published research offered hope for Earth Day on April 22nd. The study shows that while less than 4% of the US workforce currently work ...
European greenhouse gas emissions down 0.9%
Provisional greenhouse gas emissions data compiled by the EEA show that EU-15 Member States reduced their emissions by 0.9 % between 2005 and 2006. EU-27 ...
EU on the fast track to a greener road transport system
EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik this week opened the Transport Research Arena 2008 Conference and Expo, together with ...
UK publishes new air quality indicator for local authorities
The UK`s Communities and Local Government department has published the final version of the new performance framework of 198 indicators. This followed ...
World Bank provides US$5m to China for adaptation to climate change
This week the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a grant of US$5 million from the Special Climate Change Fund of the Global Environment ...
Efforts to reduce air pollution in Yemen
The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is working to reduce air pollution caused by vehicle emissions and thus save on associated health costs amounting ...
Air Quality Awareness Week in the US from 28 April
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration`s (NOAA) National Weather Service are urging Americans ...

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