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added 6 July, 2010
« A Kyoto Protocol scheme may be encouraging projects to emit more greenhouse gases because of incentives to earn carbon offsets from subsequently destroying these, a U.N. report said. »
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added 14 December, 2009
« COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks have made progress at the half-way mark but many of the toughest issues such as greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2020 are deadlocked, delegates said on Saturday. »
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added 18 September, 2009
« WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Canada and Mexico have proposed using an existing international protocol to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigerators and air conditioners, the Stat... »
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added 7 September, 2009
« TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister-elect said on Monday he will forge ahead with a tough 25 percent cut in emissions by 2020, despite growing opposition from industry which says the target will hurt the world's No. 2 economy. »
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added 2 September, 2009
« BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Car makers will not be granted a delay to an agreed 2011 European ban on climate-damaging chemicals in the air conditioners of new car models, European Parliament officials said on Tuesday. »
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added 21 August, 2009
« BEIJING (Reuters) - China might be the world's biggest generator of carbon credits, but its sclerotic financial sector is still holding the market back, the head of the country's pioneering CO2 exchange said. »
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added 12 August, 2009
« Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 rose 1.94 percent year-on-year to 31.5 billion metric tons, German renewable energy industry institute IWR revealed this week. In order to address the trend of increasing CO2 emissions, the institute re... »
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added 23 July, 2009
« OSLO (Reuters) - Aid of $10 billion from rich nations would be a "good beginning" to launch a U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in Copenhagen in December, the United Nations' top climate official said on Thursday. »
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added 9 July, 2009
« BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Auto makers look set to fail in their attempts to delay an agreed 2011 European ban on climate-damaging chemicals in the air conditioners of new car models, a letter from the EU's industry chief shows. »
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added 23 June, 2009
« Hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants are a "natural" cooler widely used in domestic and commercial refrigerators all over the world, except in the U.S. and Canada. HC refrigerants produce less greenhouse gasses than hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) tech... »
