Tag: Air pollution
VW to seek damages from former executives for diesel scandal
<p>BERLIN — Volkswagen is seeking damages from two former top executives for their role in the diesel emissions scandal that cost the German automaker...
EU’s top court rejects effort to force tougher climate rules
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top court on Thursday rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and eight families around the world to...
Canada’s Supreme Court says carbon price is constitutional
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price is entirely constitutional.
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Science panel: Consider air cooling tech as climate back-up
The U.S. must seriously consider the idea of tinkering with the atmosphere to cool a warming Earth and accelerate research into how and whether...
University of Michigan OKs ‘net zero’ carbon emission plan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The University of Michigan announced a plan Thursday to achieve “net zero” carbon footprint status for its $12.5 billion endowment...
EU’s top court rejects effort to force tougher climate rules
<p>BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top court on Thursday rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and eight families around the world to...
Canada’s Supreme Court says carbon price is constitutional
<p>OTTAWA, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price is entirely constitutional.</p>
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Science panel: Consider air cooling tech as climate back-up
<p>The U.S. must seriously consider the idea of tinkering with the atmosphere to cool a warming Earth and accelerate research into how and whether...
University of Michigan OKs ‘net zero’ carbon emission plan
<p>TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The University of Michigan announced a plan Thursday to achieve “net zero” carbon footprint status for its $12.5 billion endowment...
In a first, US pipeline agency weighs climate change impacts
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect greenhouse gas emissions, one...