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City gasps for air as carbon dioxide levels shoots up to alarming level

Edit The Times of India 13 Apr 2016
The city has to cope with not just unbearably high temperatures, it now has to to deal with soaring carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere as well. A field survey by a team from the school of energy, Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), has shown the carbon dioxide (CO2) level in Madurai is higher than the global average of 402 ppm in the past one year ... Emission from vehicles was the biggest cause of the high levels of carbon dioxide....

Draft Climate Action Plan Focuses on Next Actions Needed to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (News) (City of Palo Alto, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
Much of the reductions have occurred in the last decade largely through the City's commitment to carbon neutral electricity ... Over the past eighteen months, the City has been working on an update to the 2007 original plan, now titled the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) that identifies goals and programs aimed at further reducing the City's carbon footprint ... Last Updated April 12, 2016....

Ford begins taking GT supercar applications

Edit Detroit news 13 Apr 2016
The teardrop-shape carbon-fiber body is the result of extensive work in the wind tunnel.  Ford Motor Co ... The interior on the two-seat, carbon-fiber, mid-engined Ford GT supercar is accessed by upward-swinging doors.  Ford Motor Co ... The vehicle will include a number of lightweighting options, including a carbon-fiber tub and a gorilla-glass windshield that is 12 pounds lighter than a traditional windshield....

Appendix 3B (Carbon Energy Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
Carbon Energy Limited) ASX Listing Rules Appendix 3B - New Issue Announcement Application for Quotation of Additional Securities and Agreement ... Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12, 04/03/13 ... Carbon Energy Limited ... The issue date may be prescribed by ASX (refer to the definition of issue date in rule 19.12) ... 12....

Guess what, smoking may hamper your job prospects too

Edit Indian Express 13 Apr 2016
The findings showed that at 12 months, only 27 per cent of smokers had found jobs compared with 56 per cent of non-smokers ... The findings showed that at 12 months, only 27 per cent of smokers had found jobs compared with 56 per cent of non-smokers. Among those who had found jobs by 12 months, smokers earned on average $5 dollars less per hour than non-smokers....

Overreaction can lead to bad energy, environmental policy

Edit The Oklahoman 13 Apr 2016
A recent report by the Institute for Energy Research notes that since the plant was closed in 2014, “natural gas generation increased in New England by 5.5 percentage points” and “with it, carbon dioxide emissions.”. In other words, activists demanded the elimination of a power source that didn't produce carbon dioxide emissions in order to avoid ......

AccorHotels to grow its own vegetables in push to cut food waste

Edit The Guardian 13 Apr 2016
The group’s restaurants will reduce the number of main courses on offer and record all food that is thrown away ... Related ... AccorHotels also aims to improve the energy efficiency in its buildings with the ultimate target of making them carbon neutral. In its previous five-year environmental plan, AccorHotels said it cut water consumption by nearly 9%, energy consumption by 5.3% and carbon emissions by 6.2%. ....

How Small Cities Can Act on Climate and Inequality

Edit Huffington Post 13 Apr 2016
This year, as global average temperatures reach unprecedented highs, arctic sea ice recedes to record lows, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeds 400 parts per million, Congress is--predictably--focused on cutting funding for environmental protection and dismantling the Clean Power Plan ... Many of the world's largest cities from New York to London to Singapore are making tangible commitments to carbon neutrality....

UMass Statement on Fossil Fuel Divestment and Student Protests (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Massachusetts Amherst) ... 'Throughout my career, I have stood for environmental progress and reducing the carbon footprint,' President Meehan said ... Chairman Woolridge said ... University of Massachusetts Amherst issued this content on 12 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 13 April 2016 01.12.31 UTC. Original Document ... (noodl....

NW Natural Releases 2015 Smart Energy Progress Report (Northwest Natural Gas Company)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. Northwest Natural Gas Company). Media Pager.503-818-9845. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. April 12, 2016. NW Natural Releases 2015 Smart Energy Progress Report ... The company was the first local gas distribution company in the nation to launch a carbon offset program ... About NW Natural ... # # # #. Northwest Natural Gas Company issued this content on 12 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein ... Original Document....

Using nanotubes to create single photons for quantum communication

Edit Science Daily 13 Apr 2016
Researchers demonstrated a new material, made from tiny carbon tubes, that emits the desired single photons (of interest for data encryption) at room temperature ... ....

Shell CEO van Beurden sees a global carbon price as inevitable and calls for greater ...

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 Apr 2016
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden sees a global carbon price as inevitable and calls for greater innovation in LNG design and construction ... ....

Ocean scientists recommend plan to combat changes to seawater chemistry

Edit Science Daily 13 Apr 2016
Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering permanent changes to ocean chemistry along the North American West Coast that require immediate, decisive action to combat. That action includes development of a coordinated regional management strategy ... ....
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