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G8 environment ministers agree on 2050 climate goal
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations concluded a three-day meeting in Kobe on May 26th with an agreement on the long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. But the ministers failed to support specific emissions reduction targets for 2020, as recommended last year by an international body of climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.
Still, the G8 environment ministers said there is `strong political will` to reduce the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change during the G8 leaders annual summit set for ... |
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US air quality agency approves first-in-the-nation fees for emissions
Jumping ahead of state and federal regulators, the San Francisco Bay Area air quality district became the first in the nation to impose fees on businesses that pump some of the highest levels of carbon dioxide into the air each year. The 15-1 vote by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District sets the stage for 2,500 companies and agencies - from supermarkets to gas stations to power plants - to pay US$0.044 for every metric ton of carbon dioxide they expel, beginning July 1. The top 10 companies combined would pay more than US$820,000. The fee for a large share of businesses would be less than ... |
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- Annual global warming inaction will cost US$3.8tr
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- Californians dying prematurely from particles in vehicle exhaust
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- New research lists top European CO2 emitters
Carbon Market Data, a European company providing carbon market research services, published the rankings of companies included in the European Union’s ...
- Climate change could worsen effects of pollution on plants
Emissions from large point sources of pollution, such as heavy industry, have a detrimental effect on the plants growing in the local area. A new study ...
- Current mitigation efforts on climate change “insufficient”, say MEPs in interim report
Pouring cold water on “scientifically unsubstantiated efforts” to discredit studies on the effects and causes of climate change, calling for additional ...
- Climate change `will cost Andes US$30bn`
Climate change could cost Andean countries US$30 billion per year by 2025, according to a study. The study was commissioned by the Andean Community of ...
- Appointment of Australian climate change special envoy and ambassador
The Rudd Government has strengthened its international engagement on climate change by appointing a Special Envoy on Climate Change and an Ambassador ...
- CARBON EXPO reinforces its leadership role in the carbon market
258 exhibitors from more than 60 countries and 3000 visitors from more than 115 countries accepted the invitation of the organisers Koelnmesse, the World ...
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