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EU ministers back deep cuts in shipping fuel emissions
EurActiv ^
| 30 October 2012
| (EurActiv.com with Reuters
Posted on 10/30/2012 11:06:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Tough new sulfur limits for shipping fuel will be phased in across EU waters as part of European Union efforts to free the air of toxic chemicals that shorten thousands of lives.
EU environment ministers backed the rules on Monday (29 October), in a final stage of the process before official publication of the law.
From 2015, the maximum sulfur content of shipping fuels will be cut by 90% to 0.1% in restricted Sulfur Emission Control Areas, which include some of Europe's busiest waters, versus 1% of mass now. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; emissions; eussr; globalwarminghoax
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posted on
10/30/2012 11:06:04 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Trying to kill the last bit of vitality in their economy.
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posted on
10/30/2012 11:13:15 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few, and let another take his office.")
To: Olog-hai
Great news for EU shipping! Science has rediscovered a device that will lower sulfur emissions for ships. It's called an oar.
Easy to use, green and simple. After me: “Put yer backs into it ya scurvied dogs or feel the lash! Har!”.
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posted on
10/30/2012 11:39:31 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
10/30/2012 11:46:02 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
The mother’s milk of transportation...
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posted on
10/30/2012 12:06:32 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
To: count-your-change
Not if they end up with highly-flatulent oarsmen. Then you get the double whammy of carbon and sulfur emissions that would put a lowly diesel to shame. Rut-roh!
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posted on
10/30/2012 12:38:05 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Hmmm..Awful Oarsmen? More lash, less lentils.
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posted on
10/30/2012 12:52:09 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
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posted on
10/31/2012 5:54:43 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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