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EPA finds greenhouse gases (GHGs) harmful
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes emissions reporting mandatory A major cause of climate change is the harm that is done to the Earth by man-made chemicals. Whilst chemicals, such as those used to produce day by day items, operate equipment and generally make life easier, are necessary, they present a threat to the environment. EPA Place Limits on GHGsGovernments around the ...
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Brazilian companies announce global warming game plan
The Brazil Greenhouse Gas Protocol Program was launched on Tuesday and its 12 founding corporate members have voluntarily agreed to report their global-warming emissions. “The program provides options for sound measurement and allows members to take action to reduce their GHG emissions,” said Thelma Krug, secretary of climate change, Brazil Environment Ministry, at the launch event here in the ...
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Chicago Climate Exchange Forms New Exchange for California
CHICAGO, Illinois (ENS) - The Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc., CCX, is forming the California Climate Exchange to develop and trade financial instruments relevant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act, signed last summer by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The law calls for a mandatory reduction in California's greenhouse gas emissions as of 2012, with mandatory reporting of emissions to ...
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Global Warming Will Hit Northeast Hard Without Quick Action
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 12, 2007 (ENS) - If heat-trapping emissions are not limited now, global warming will change critical aspects of the Northeast's character and economy, finds a new report by the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, NECIA, a two year collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists, UCS, and a team of more than 50 scientists and economists. Near-term choices ...
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Adjustments to agriculture may help mitigate global warming
A recent report from Greenpeace details the direct and indirect effects of agriculture on climate change and suggests how the sector can move from being a major greenhouse gas emitter to being a carbon sink. “As a key contributor to climate change, the environmental impact of industrial farming has reached critical levels,” said Jan van Aken, Greenpeace Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner. ...
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States Form Climate Registry to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Thirty-one states, representing over 70 percent of the U.S. population, today announced that they are charter members of The Climate Registry, marking the largest national effort to take action on climate change. The list of founding member states and tribes includes the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, ...
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Markets can play key role in achieving 1.5 degree goal - IETA
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius makes an important contribution to understanding the challenges – and benefits – of the 1.5 degree goal. It is clear to the business community that the international community has a long way to go in pursuing this goal. The report, published today, is a critical input for ...
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EPA to hold webinar to showcase a new tool to access 2010 greenhouse gas emissions data from large facilities
For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data to be released includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as well as suppliers of certain ...
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UN report raises ceiling for greenhouse gas pollution
The U.N.'s environmental authority has quietly raised its assessment of the level at which global greenhouse gas emissions must peak to avoid dangerous climate change, as governments seek a new accord to fight global warming. In its first four annual emissions reports in 2010-2013, the United Nations Environment Program said emissions must not exceed 44 billion tons in 2020 for the world to ...
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UNEP report highlights gap between global emissions and 2°C warming limit
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today (on November 5,2013) that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the agreed international goal of holding global warming below 2°C. Connie Hedegaard, European Commission for Climate Action, said: ''This is yet another call for climate action which shows the world is not getting its act together ...
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Consumers can tackle climate change, say Sustainable Consumption Institute
Consumers can have a major impact on the world’s efforts to reduce global warming, according to new research. The report is called Consumers, business and climate change and was published by Manchester University’s Sustainable Consumption Institute. It estimates that consumers are responsible for 75 per cent of emissions and their action could leverage major reductions in emissions within a few ...
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Climate Change Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying - IPCC Report
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth's climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion-such as continued sea level ...
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Trinity receives accreditation to perform AB 32 GHG verification
Trinity Consultants announces that it has been approved as an accredited verification body by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to perform verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Under the regulation, affected organizations must measure, calculate, report, and verify their GHG emissions if they are in affected ...
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Aviation to cut carbon emissions to 2005 levels by 2050
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) announces more drastic cuts in UK aviation carbon emissions, reports Envido.The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has argued that to achieve a global reduction of 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 the UK may be forced to cut carbon emissions by 90% by 2050 to allow the aviation industry to adopt low-carbon technologies. Asking consumers to fly less, ...
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CRC Reporting: Helping to meet UK carbon reduction targets
Heavy fines await UK companies that fail to conform or to report (should they be required to do so) under the new Climate Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation. Much confusion exists within the country, even though the Energy and Climate Change Minister, Ms. Joan Ruddock, maintains that the government has conducted a thorough announcement of the pending legislation.As it is expected that up to ...
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20 firms contributing massively to carbon emissions
A recent report has revealed that just a handful of oil and gas companies are behind over a third of all global warming emissions since 1965. Conducted by Richard Heede from the Climate Accountability Institute and commissioned by the Guardian newspaper, the exposé found that the 20 firms were responsible for 480 billion tonnes of carbon and methane emissions. Heede hopes that his ...
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Locus technologies offers greenhouse gas emissions verification services
Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental compliance and information management software, has been accredited by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to provide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions verification services. Locus is one of just a few companies to obtain this accreditation. The accreditation allows Locus to provide verification services for GHG ...
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Duke Energy's New Climate Report Details the Company's Ability to Adapt to a Low-Carbon Future
Duke Energy recently (3/22) outlined steps it is taking to provide safe, reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy to its customers while embracing the transformation underway in the utility industry.The report details the company's strategy and ongoing efforts to mitigate risks from climate change, reduce emissions, navigate policy uncertainty and plan future investments to deliver ...
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Press Teleconference to Announce United Nations Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report
On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) will host a press teleconference to announce the findings of the latest “emissions gap report.” The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) states that its ultimate objective is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a ...
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Land use can achieve 30% of carbon cuts by 2030
Land use is often a forgotten priority, yet those of us who wish to contain global warming and avert catastrophic climate change have a natural ally: the land. As nations plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion, an international team of scientists has calculated just how much the natural and farmed world could contribute to future stability by absorbing ever more ...
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