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Car industry split over response to 2020 emissions target
The process that will confirm how Europe’s 2020 emissions target for new cars should be reached has begun, with the leaders of Europe’s car makers greeted by a ‘Star Wars’ style protest. The current limit for new cars is 130g of carbon dioxide per kilometre to be achieved by 2015, and Europe has a target of 95 g/km for 2020. Meeting in Brussels earlier this month, car ...
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EU weighs pros and cons of tougher emissions targets
Study shows cost of responses to global warming is lower today than in 2008, when the EU adopted its climate change ...
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CO2 emissions reduction from new light commercial vehicles
The Council adopted today1 a regulation amending regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (PE-COS 106/13, 106/13 COR1, 5584/14 ADD 1). From 2020, a target of 147 g CO2/km is set for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union. The regulation will apply to ...
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Emissions targets will harm Irish business
Government targets to reduce emissions in Ireland will be hard to achieve without damaging businesses in the country, an industry expert has claimed. In an interview with the Irish Independent, Richard Tol, a researcher with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), explained that current Government targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3% a year to 2012 were only possible ...
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Innovative approach for transportation related carbon offsets announced
CN Modal Shift Protocol to help British Columbia meet greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Vehicle emissions target aims too low
Many vehicles adhering to the proposed Euro 5 benchmark - the EU's toughest ever emissions standard - would be considered too dirty for American roads. While it may be easy to dismiss the US as a global eco-villain, Europeans may have something to learn from their gas-guzzling cousins across The Pond when it comes to clean cars. Pressure group the European Federation for Transport ...
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Macrotek Receives Contract For Two Baghouse Systems For Multinational Client
Global air pollution control provider, Macrotek Inc. has recently received a contract to design and supply two storage ventilation baghouses for a worldwide nickel producer. Macrotek will upgrade the existing collectors, providing one operating as well as one stand-by baghouse complete with control panels for automatic switchover between the two systems. Macrotek’s custom design will ...
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UN calls for tougher carbon emission targets for aviation
The UN calls for the aviation industry to improve fuel efficiency by 2% a year to 2020, reports EnvidoThe UN aviation authority, the ICAO, has agreed to halve carbon emissions from aviation by 2050.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) proposal released last month included halving carbon emissions from aviation by 2050, ensuring carbon emissions peak from the same date and improving ...
By Vital Energi
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Climate change MEPs: mostly `positive messages` from Delhi
A delegation from the EP's Temporary Committee on Climate Change, visiting New Delhi on 4-5 February, has welcomed India's readiness to be part of an international climate agreement. However, noted the Committee Chair, the Indian government is not prepared to accept any binding emissions targets. Committee Chairman Guido Sacconi (PES, IT) made the following statement on the delegation's ...
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In Berlin, Pres. Obama calls climate change `The Global Threat of Our Time`
President Obama delivered a major speech in Berlin today, covering a range of issues, including climate change. The speech comes one day after the conclusion of the 2013 G8 summit, which included strong climate language in its Leaders’ Communique. These remarks coincide with comments from Heather Zichal, the White House energy advisor, at a press event today. Following is a statement by ...
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EU greenhouse gas emissions lowest to date
The EU's environmental agency says the 27-nation bloc's greenhouse emissions in 2011 were the lowest since it began monitoring them in 1990. The European Environment Agency says greenhouse gas emissions dropped 3.3 percent compared to 2010, and were 18.4 percent below 1990 levels. It cited a milder winter in 2011 as the main reason for the drop. Agency director Jacqueline McGlade said Wednesday ...
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EPA Recognizes Supervalu, Inc., for achieving emissions target as part of Greenchill program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Supervalu, Inc., as a GreenChill partner honoree. The GreenChill Partnership works with supermarket industries through a cooperative alliance to reduce their emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas refrigerants. The nationwide food retailer, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, received the Environmental Achievement Award for ...
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Retrofitting of eco products is a `good idea`
The founder of whatgreenhome.com Gordon Miller has said that the government's Greener Homes Strategy is a good start; however, he has his concerns. Mr Miller's worries lie with the implementation of the plans and how to encourage people to take up the scheme. 'It is a good idea in principle but obviously the detail is everything in this, how they are actually going to administer the ...
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CLEANTECH LATVIA attends international EREK conference
On September 25 -26, an international two-day conference on resorce efficiency and circular economy, organised by European Resource Efficiency Knowledge centre (EREK), was held in Brussels, Belgium. CLEANTECH LATVIA is a member of EREK network, so Jānis Zviedris, Chairman of the Board, also attended this conference. During the conference, members of the EREK network discussed good ...
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European Union submits climate plan for UN pact
The European Union on Friday formally submitted its planned contribution to a United Nations climate pact, pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030. The cuts are relative to 1990 levels. The EU's emissions since then are already down by almost 20 percent. The EU is the second party to submit a climate target to the U.N., after Switzerland. Only a handful of ...
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Resolving climate uncertainties to help set new emissions targets
Difficulties in setting global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets can arise from problems associated with calculating exactly how much carbon is in the atmosphere. However, recent research has produced quantitative data on the 'climate-carbon cycle feedback', which have strong implications for emissions policies. The amount of emitted carbon dioxide remaining in the atmosphere is controlled ...
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Car and van makers continue to meet CO2 emission targets ahead of schedule
A new EEA report, 'Monitoring CO2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2013' presents final data for both vehicle types, updating preliminary data published earlier this year. The average passenger car sold in 2013 emitted 126.7 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger kilometre (g CO2/km), already below the legal threshold of 130 g CO2/km to be fully reached by 2015. Similarly, the average ...
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SBTi Confirms Compliance of Kraiburg Sustainability Goals
The overall goal is to improve environmental performance with a focus on the consumption of energy, raw materials and resources as well as the avoidance or reduction of emissions and waste. With the goal of reducing CO2 emissions to zero, the company is pursuing the Science Based Targets (SBT) Initiative, a solution which defines emission reduction targets for companies. As one of the first ...
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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 ...
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Japan dials back climate change emissions target
Japan has drastically scaled back its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, possibly complicating efforts to forge a global climate change pact. The new target approved by the Cabinet on Friday calls for reducing emissions by 3.8 percent from their 2005 level by 2020. The revision was necessary because the earlier goal of a 25 percent reduction from the 1990 level was unrealistic, the ...
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