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Patrick unveils vehicle emissions plan at Lynn school
The Daily Item (MA), Dan Baer, 6.12.08
Flanked by two big yellow school buses filled with children and surrounded by members of the Lynn delegation, Gov. Deval Patrick launched “Mass Clean Diesel,” a new clean air initiative targeting school transportation vehicles Thursday at the Callahan Elementary School.
The $16.5 million initiative will allow school districts and transportation companies to retrofit school buses with pollution controls that can cut harmful diesel emissions by up to 90 percent.
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Lynch signs bill to add NH to CO2 initiative
The Union Leader (NH), Tom Fahey, 6.12.08
Gov. John Lynch signed a bill yesterday that brings New Hampshire in line with nine other states in limiting carbon dioxide emission from electric generating plants.
CONCORD – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cap-and-trade program that requires all fossil-fuel generation owners to cut emissions or purchase allowances for the carbon dioxide they emit at an open auction. Money raised through the auction will be used to fund energy improvements for electric customers, both residential and business, helping them cut usage and save money.
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Senate approves carbon dioxide credit purchase plan
Associated Press, 6.13.08
The Delaware Senate has approved legislation that would cap and gradually reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the state’s largest power plants.
In a 15-5 vote late Wednesday, the Senate approved a regional greenhouse gas emissions plan in which utilities would be required to purchase credits for each ton of carbon dioxide released. The money would be used for energy conservation programs, clean energy projects and financial aid for low-income people struggling to pay energy bills.
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Europe to investigate U.S. exports of biodiesel fuel
New York Times, James Kanter, 6.13.08
The European Union on Thursday accused United States producers of biodiesel fuel of benefiting from subsidies that threaten to put European producers out of business.
Biofuels are contested because of accusations that they raise food prices and do little to fight global warming.
But they are also a big business, with sales of about 8 billion euros ($12.3 billion) annually in Europe. European Union trade officials say producers in Europe are at risk because of a tax credit that is granted to American exporters.
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Climate change threatens 700,000 homes
The Age (Australia), 6.13.08
More than 700,000 coastal homes are at risk from wild storms and rising sea levels caused by climate change, the federal government says.
It will map most major Australian cities to work out which homes are most at risk.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and the Gold Coast would be mapped in a $2 million digital model, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said as she announced the funding in Fremantle.
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