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WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Key U.S. Senate Democrats Tuesday said it is unlikely there will be any more major committee action on climate-change legislation this year, the strongest indication yet that a comprehensive bill to cut greenhouse-gas emissions won’t be voted on until at least next year.

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Posted on November 14, 2009 · in USA

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Taking meaningful steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions will not be cheap or easy, but the reality is that no one knows precisely how much it will cost. What we do know is that it’s a mission we must undertake, which is why our industry supports enactment of legislation to slash carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.

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Posted on October 9, 2009 · in USA

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It may arguably be the most important sector in the fight against climate change but, according to new figures to be released today, the majority of the world’s largest electricity utilities have no emission reduction targets in place and many are not even providing investors with information on which fuels they are using to generate power.

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Posted on April 22, 2009 · in Global

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A fund designed to provide finance to community-based carbon reduction projects has been launched in the northwest.

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Posted on April 19, 2009 · in UK

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NOKIA Siemens Networks, the first telecommunications network provider to join the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Climate Savers program, has announced that the company is on track to achieving its targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

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Posted on March 31, 2009 · in Press Releases

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Offices must reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 8 percent by fiscal 2014, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided, as part of widespread emissions reductions across the capital beginning fiscal 2010.

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Posted on March 31, 2009 · in Asia