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Air & Climate Newsletter November 18, 2010 |
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Tropical Forests Protection Pact Hailed for Protecting Climate
California, Brazilian and Mexico States Will Link Carbon Markets (Sacramento — November, 2010) A plan released today to reduce deforestation in the Acre state in the Brazilian Amazon and in Chiapas, Mexico that would be credited in California`s carbon market is a historic achievement to reduce climate change, according to Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Binho Marques of Acre, Brazil, and Juan Sabines Guerrero of Chiapas, Mexico today announced that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Working Group to promote ... |
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Step forward on air pollution from shipping
The world’s largest marine Emissions Control Area (ECA) has been approved by the International Maritime Organisation. Ships operating in waters off the North American coasts will be forced to use dramatically cleaner fuel and technology. The move is likely to make it easier for the EU to designate ECAs in European waters. The IMO’s decision last month to approve the ECA proposal came in the shortest possible time: just one year since it was first proposed. It means ships visiting American and Canadian ports will have to use fuels with a sulphur content of no more than 1000 parts per ... |
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