EU’s CO2 Emissions On The Rise, Blaming Cold Winter

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The EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2015 for the first time since 2010. According to new data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the 0.5% increase happened largely due to increasing demand for transport – better fuel efficiency in the sector was not enough to offset this. The report suggests a slightly colder […]

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June 6, 2017 at 02:11AM

Historic: 90% cut in new regs, costs slashed to just 0.12% of Obama’s

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President Trump is winning on one key campaign promise, cutting regulations and virtually eliminating the release of new ones. In fact, he has cut the output of costly regulations so deeply that a group that charts the federal government’s output of rules has called the shift “historic.” American Action Forum told Secrets that Trump has […]

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June 6, 2017 at 02:11AM

Developing nations in Paris climate accord threaten to keep polluting unless they’re paid

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Yemen has promised a whopping 1 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the global Paris climate agreement. North Korea, meanwhile, has said its pollution will double by 2030 compared to 2000 levels — but only if the rest of the world writes a sizable check. Otherwise, its emissions will rise even further. Peru […]

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June 6, 2017 at 02:11AM

Dumping “Farce” Paris Accord Right Decision, Writes Basel Daily: “Donald Trump Is Right”

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The Swiss online Basler Zeitung (BaZ) writes that critics of Donald Trump are wrong with their apocalyptic hype and exaggerations surrounding the President’s rejection of the Paris climate accord. Worthless Accord The BaZ writes that Trump is right because the Paris Accord is “a document that has gone off track in every way” and that […]

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