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06.01.2011
A year in the hot seat
Commissioner vows to push for climate deal and praises ‘balanced' agreement at Cancún.
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05.01.2011
Statul Massachusetts planuieste sa-si reduca emisiile cu 25% pana in 2020
05.01.2011Secretarul de Afaceri de Energie si Mediu (AEM) al statului Massachusetts, Ian Bowles, a anuntat un plan ambitios de limitare a emisiilor pentru statul sau, informeaza Treehugger. Tinta AEM este reducerea cu 25% a cantitatii de emisii pana in 2020, comparativ cu nivelul inregistrat in 1990.
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04.01.2011
New Congress Could Roll Back Environmental Progress
DENVER - The 112th U.S. Congress gets to work in Washington today, and there could be some big changes in the way the nation approaches energy policies. Nearly every state has a representative or senator who denies the science of climate change, and that includes Colorado freshman Congressman Cory Gardner. Gardner has said while he doesn't doubt that the earth is warming, he questions whether the condition is caused by human activities.
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03.01.2011
Political Battle Brewing over the EPA's New Emissions Regulations
All in all, 2010 was a year to forget for environmentalists — carbon cap-and-trade legislation died, international climate talks sputtered and even the clean-tech market took a hit — and 2011 isn't looking much better. The incoming class of Republicans taking over the House in January features no shortage of members who deny the connection between man-made greenhouse-gas emissions and a warming planet — let alone think it's worth trying to lower those emissions.
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02.01.2011
Review: The silver lining of climate change
An ancient Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” This utterly absorbing book, subtitled Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future, forecasts interesting times indeed, especially for the eight nations that comprise the Arctic Rim countries: Canada, the U.S., Russia, Iceland, Greenland (Denmark), Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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01.01.2011
World natural disasters
2010 may go down in history as a year that set an absolute number of records in terms of natural cataclysms. The eruption of the Eyjafjallaökull volcano in Iceland actually paralyzed air traffic in Europe; there were hurricanes in America, snowstorms in Europe, earthquakes and volcano eruptions in Indonesia and Haiti, inundations in Pakistan, and drought in Russia.
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31.01.2010
Copenhagen climate deal gets low-key endorsement
OSLO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Nations accounting for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord".
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30.01.2010
Canada files emissions target with UN
Canada has aligned itself with U.S. policy as it gave the United Nations its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Copenhagen Accord.
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29.01.2010
UE incearca sa construiasca pe fundatia acordului de la Copenhaga
UE si-a oficializat sprijinul pentru Acordul de la Copenhaga privind schimbarile climatice si si-a prezentat angajamentele privind obiectivele de reducere a emisiilor. Printr-o scrisoare comuna cu Presedintia spaniola, Comisia a anuntat oficial dorinta UE de a fi asociata la Acord si a amintit obiectivele de reducere a emisiilor de gaze cu efect de sera stabilite de UE pentru 2020: reducerea emisiilor globale ale UE cu 20% fata de nivelurile din 1990 si o oferta conditionata de a creste la 30% acest procentaj.
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29.01.2010
Schimbarile climatice, tema zilei la Davos
Incalzirea globala si mijloacele prin care guvernele pot sa protejeze mediul sunt principalele teme discutate astazi in cadul Forumului Economic Mondial de la Davos, unde se desfasoara conferinta “From Copenhagen to Mexico: What's Next?”, potrivit agentiei Associated Press, citata de Yahoo Finance.
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25.01.2010
China, India, Brazil Commit to Meet Copenhagen Accord Deadline
China, Brazil, South Africa and India will disclose the voluntary steps the countries will take to help reduce global warming by the Jan. 31 deadline set during negotiations in Copenhagen, India’s environment minister said after talks between the four nations in New Delhi yesterday.
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24.01.2010
Emerging nations pledge climate change unity in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China said on Sunday that talks in New Delhi had further cemented their alliance following the Copenhagen climate change summit.
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