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TABLE-Industrialised nations' climate emissions dipped in 2011
ReutersOSLO, April 26 (Reuters) - Industrialised nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell 0.7 percent in 2011 and were 6.4 percent below levels in 1990, according to national data submitted to the United Nations. Greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use...Tags: Environmental Issues, Czech Republic, United Nations, European Union
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Low-key US plan for each nation to set climate goals wins ground
ReutersBy Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle BONN, Germany, May 2 (Reuters) - A U.S.-led plan to let all countries set their own goals for fighting climate change is gaining grudging support at U.N. talks, even though the current level of pledges is far...Tags: China, Brazil, Germany, Barack Obama, Kyoto (Japan)
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REFILE-Most firms get greenhouse gas reports wrong -report
Reuters* World's biggest 800 firms ranked on emissions transparency * Only 37 pct publicly disclose complete emissions data By Nina Chestney LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Most of the world's largest companies do not report their greenhouse gas emissions fully...Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Telefonica SA
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Income inequality and global warming represent existential threats
Income inequality and global warming represent existential threats to our country, far surpassing the dangers from international terrorism ("The economic elephant in the room: widening inequality," April 24). And at this time our legislators in Washington...
Tags: Weather, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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Earth's greenhouse gas levels approach 400-ppm milestone
The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to 5 million years ago, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The Institution this week...Tags: An Inconvenient Truth (movie), Bodies of Water, Environmental Pollution, Oceans, Environmental Issues
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COLUMN-U.S. pragmatic approach leads climate talks: Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. submission to U.N.-backed negotiations shows how a scaled-down global climate deal which falls short of a full treaty can be...Tags: China, U.S. Congress, Politics, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Juneau Launches Website on Sustainability
Channel 2 NewsThe City and Borough of Juneau has launched a website in order to promote green energy and sustainability. The webpage is just one part of the city's Climate Action Plan, which hopes to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Environmental Issues
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Plants slow climate change by forming cloud sunshade-study
Reuters* Forests could offset 1 percent of global warming * Warming makes clouds emit particles that seed clouds * Clouds' white tops reflect heat back into space By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, April 28 (Reuters) - Plants help to slow...Tags: Weather, Conservation, Global Change, Helsinki (Finland), Environmental Issues
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EPA methane report further divides fracking camps
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacPITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided...Tags: Environmental Politics, Overweight, Science, Ecosystems, Energy Resources
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Our View: It's time to get on board with public transit
Whether it's economic factors or personal preference, more U.S. adults are going without a vehicle of their own. Public transit has seen its highest numbers since the 1950s. Even rural transit systems around Northern Michigan are thriving and we believe...Tags: Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Environmental Issues, Public Transportation
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U.S. climate researchers predict heavier rains, snows as globe warms
A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes. The research, reported in the peer-reviewed academic journal...
Tags: Weather, National Weather Service, North Carolina State University, Environmental Issues, Weather Statistics
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Vegan trying to stay on track 'meats' temptation
Contributing WriterI’m not teasin’; I’m a vegan (Kinda, sorta…sometimes). “You’ve got to be kidding me.” That was my wife’s response when I told her I was going on a vegan diet plan, which is a vegetarian diet that...Tags: Diets and Dieting, Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Issues, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Dalai Lama
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