Carbon
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TVA Shifts Away From Coal, Closing 8 Coal-Burning Units
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The Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest, government-owned utility, has begun to shift away from dependence on coal-fired power plants. The authority announced its plans to shutte...
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Dec.13.2013
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Obama Said to Ban New Coal Plants Without Carbon Controls
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New coal plants would need to install expensive equipment to limit climate-change emissions under a proposal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is close to issuing, according to people famili...
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Sep.12.2013
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Nearly 48,000 suing BP over toxic pollution from Texas refinery
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Over the course of 40 days in 2010, BP allowed hundreds of thousands of pounds of chemicals to escape from its refinery in Texas City, Texas. Unfortunate neighbors inhaled a carcinogenic cocktail o...
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Sep.11.2013
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Coal more risky than renewables
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Coal-fired electricity may have little or no economic future in Australia, even if carbon capture and storage becomes commercially available, a new analysis has found. UNSW researchers modelled a r...
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Sep.6.2013
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What Obama Really Means When He Says He’s ‘Phasing Out Coal’
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Coal leases continue to expand, with millions of tons set to be extracted and sold on the cheap. President Obama talks a good game on the need to phase out coal. But his administration continues ex...
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Aug.19.2013
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New Zealand commits to 5% emissions reduction target
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Critics say weakened target is another example of the current government’s climate change ‘coma’ New Zealand’s government has provoked anger among climate campaigners after telling the UN it aims t...
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Aug.19.2013
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KOWEPO Wins CTS Recertification for First Time among Power Generation Companies
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It received the recertification in recognition of its outstanding reduction of greenhouse gases during the past 2 years. Korea Western Power (KOWEPO, President: Kim Moon-duk) received the recertifi...
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Aug.13.2013
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The News > Korea
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Global Temperature Change: Targeting Two Degrees
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There is now something of a religious fervor around the international goal of 2°C, to the extent that it is almost impossible to discuss other trajectories or outcomes. The only contrast that seems...
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Aug.6.2013
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Bringing the World Back to Zero-Carbon Output [Infographic]
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What does it take to even out humanity’s impact on the world? This infographic helps you understand the issue by explaining carbon offsets, outputs and footprints. It breaks down the numbers with s...
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Aug.6.2013
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25 Years From Now and Still Relying on Fossil Fuels?
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The federal government’s latest international energy projections are out, and there’s no question we’re living in a time of enormous change—and perhaps remarkably little progress. The International...
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Aug.5.2013
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KERI Conducts Survey on Carbon Stocks in Tropical Forest in Indonesia
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At the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark) held in 2009, Korea proposed its target of voluntarily reduci...
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Aug.2.2013
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The News > Korea
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Cheap carbon offsets could strengthen aviation emissions goals
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Cost of carbon offsetting so cheap that the aviation industry could adopt more ambitious reduction targets, says economist, Rising Seas The aviation industry can achieve its goal of carbon neutral...
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Jul.31.2013
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“Korea Essentially Needs to Set up Carbon-dedicated Financial Institution”
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A specialist argued this at the final report session of experts forum held by GIR. “Since emission of carbon dioxide is expected to directly affect earnings of companies because the amount of carbo...
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Jul.26.2013
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The News > Korea
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WWF Team Develops Cookstove to Halve Congo Charcoal Use
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At first glance, you could easily mistake Lake Kivu for one of the world’s tourist treasures. Its turquoise shimmer sets off the vivid green of the surrounding hills – one side in Rwanda, the other...
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Jul.8.2013
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Pax World Fund Fossil Fuel-Free, Carbon Neutral
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Pax World Management, investment adviser to Pax World Funds, has completed a carbon benchmarking analysis of its five largest equity funds, the first phase in its effort to reduce the carbon intens...
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Jul.1.2013
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HFCs to be reduced?
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Emitters of the world unite. Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping lead the 2 biggest polluting nations (40% of the total)on the planet, as far as greenhouse gases are concerned. With all the carbon foot...
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Jun.17.2013
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Carbon Bubble
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By Vice Chairman Yang Chun-seung of Carbon Disclosure Project The world economy is still staggering after the financial crisis caused by housing bubble in the United States in 2008 resulted in the...
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Jun.13.2013
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Hyosung Launches Commercial Production of High Performance Carbon Fiber
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The company completed construction of the high performance carbon fiber plant in the eco-friendly industrial complex in Jeonju. Hyosung kicked off commercial production of high performance carbon f...
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May.16.2013
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The News > Korea
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Cambridge scientist Joe Farman who helped find ozone ‘hole’ dies
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The British Antarctic Survey scientist Joe Farman, who helped identify the “hole” in the ozone layer over the southern pole, has died. Dr Farman published the discovery with Brian Gardi...
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May.15.2013
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Scientists in Korea Develop Technology of Manufacturing Zeolite Separation Membrane
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The research team led by Prof. Choi Jeong-gyu at Korea University developed the technology that can selectively separate carbon dioxide. Scientists in Korea developed technology of manufacturing ze...
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Apr.26.2013
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The News > Korea
