emission reduction Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:36:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Buying Carbon Credits in Russia or Ukraine Not Eco-Friendly, Says Study https://www.greenoptimistic.com/buy-carbon-credit-russia-ukraine/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/buy-carbon-credit-russia-ukraine/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:36:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56384 A Stockholm study has discovered that buying carbon credits from Russia and Ukraine may be doing little to nothing for the environment. The countries have been selling carbon credits to the UK as part of a UN deal, and in some cases were even creating problems in order to solve them to create and sell the credits. According […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/buy-carbon-credit-russia-ukraine/feed/ 0 56384 European Union to Implement Drastic Carbon Dioxide Reductions by 2020 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-union-to-implement-drastic-carbon-dioxide-reductions-by-2020-20120713/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/european-union-to-implement-drastic-carbon-dioxide-reductions-by-2020-20120713/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:46:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25459 There will be drastic reductions in CO2 emissions for new cars and light commercial vehicles by 2020. The European Commission reported this news as plans were revealed to implement these proposals. Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said this is a win-win situation for different sectors. This move will lessen greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. The […]

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