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European court approves aviation emissions trading
The EU`s plans to charge airlines for carbon emitted during all flights in and out of its airports are legal, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today.
The court upheld a preliminary decision taken in October by Advocate General Juliane Kokott who dismissed a legal challenge brought by US airlines, clearing the scheme to start from January 1 2012.
In a statement, the court disagreed with the argument put forward by US airlines that extending the scheme ... |
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EPA issues first national standards for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. The standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that are already in use at more than half of the nation’s coal-fired power plants.
EPA estimates that the new safeguards will prevent as many as 11,000 premature deaths and 4,700 heart attacks a year. ... |
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NILU - The Norwegian Institute for Air Research
NILU is an independent research institute founded in 1969. NILU's environmental building on Kjeller, the outskirt of Lillestrøm and Oslo, became the permanent headquarter in 1994. The institute conducts environmental research with emphasis on the sources of airborne pollution, atmospheric transport, transformation and deposition and is also involved in the assessment of the effects of pollution on ecosystems, human health and materials. A main priority for NILU is to provide scientific facts on the quantitative relationships between these factors, and at the same time make the results available in user friendly manners for decision-makers.
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Here’s what they’re saying about mercury and air toxics standards
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of ...
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The Durban Deal was done, but what next?
More than a week has passed since the dramatic conclusion of the Durban Summit, and still there appears to be little in the way of a consensus on whether ...
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California tightens up transport fuel rules to block dirty oil
Californian oil refiners will be deterred from processing crudes from tar sands and other carbon intensive sources, under changes to transport fuel standards ...
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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 ...
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B&W Awarded $2.8 Million in DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Research
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE: BWC) announced today that its Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) ...
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China at Durban: first steps toward a new climate agreement
The UN Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa, concluded over the weekend with a consensus to negotiate an agreement that will include all major emitters ...
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Quebec joins carbon market in North America
Quebec`s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand, today announced the adoption of the Regulation respecting the ...
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Business leaders call on EU to protect the carbon price
Some of Europe`s largest businesses have demanded that the EU take urgent action to shore up its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) as carbon prices dropped ...
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Singapore-based Noble Group punches above weight in first-time carbon disclosure score
PE’s consulting team has something to celebrate. Thanks to its tailored SoFi Software solution for carbon footprint data collection, analysis and ...
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Two Key Sales Appointments Announced by Johnson Matthey’s Stationary Emissions Control (SEC) North America Business Unit MALVERN, PA, December 15,
Two Key Sales Appointments Announced by Johnson Matthey’s Stationary Emissions Control (SEC) North America Business Unit
Two experienced ...
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