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Germany investing €630M in new locks on Dortmund-Ems Canal to accommodate large freight ships

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Formerly an assembly line for coal transports, today a guarantee for climate protection. Even if times change, one thing remains constant: the importance of the DEK for the economy, transport and, above all, the people of the region.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Perspective Policy. Reduced Output.

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