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Divisive ETS legislation passed
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
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Here is how scientists approached by the SMC for comment responded to the news. The bill's passing means the Government meets its objective of going to Copenhagen with an emissions trading scheme officially in place. Across the Tasman, carbon trading...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Air pollution, Environment, Greenwashing, Carbon trading, Emissions trading, Politics, Carbon finance, Sustainability
Canberra faces legal challenge over carbon trading scheme
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility The government hopes this week to have its amended carbon trading proposal passed into law, ahead of next month’s Copenhagen summit on climate change. Canberra is locked in late-stage talks with the opposition Liberal party, which blocked the original...
Tags: CLP, Australian, Canberra, carbon trading, trading scheme, United Kingdom, London, Emissions trading, Greenwashing, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Mitigation of global warming in Australia, Climate change in Australia, Carbon finance, Politics of Australia, Environment
This ETS-lite deserves to be rejected
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility These schemes are a poor substitute for low-carbon technology...It deserves to be rejected in the Senate even if it requires an unholy alliance between the Greens and the climate change deniers in the Coalition parties. Australia (and other countries)...
Tags: Earth, ETS, Clive L. Spash, carbon trading, Australia, developers countries, CDM, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Carbon credit, Carbon footprint, Carbon finance, Carbon offset, Emissions trading, Environment
PNG carbon scam snares Australian
Port Moresby :: Papua New Guinea | 2 months ago
Credibility The scandal has led to the removal of the head of the country's Office of Climate Change and has prompted an investigation into claims that fake carbon trading certificates were used to persuade landowners to sign over the rights to their forests. It...
Tags: rainforests, carbon trading, PNG
SkyNews, New Zealand: ETS plans in trouble
Canberra :: Australia | 9 months ago
Credibility Plans to start emissions trading next year are in trouble, after a powerful business group withdrew its support. The Australian Industry Group has called for the scheme to be delayed until 2012 because of the economic crisis, even though it backed parts...
Carbon Negative, Profit Positive
Some years ago, while channel-surfing, I stumbled upon an interview with the president of the Chicago Stock Exchange, when he was being asked "How would you save the rainforests?" His response was "Ascribe a value of US$1 to each and...
Tags: carbon tax, carbon offset, kyoto protocol, carbon trading, green house gases, global warming
EU unveils international climate change blueprint!
Brussels :: Belgium | 10 months ago
Credibility EU unveils international climate change blueprint Brussels, Jan 28: The European Commission on Wednesday called for 30 percent cuts in greenhouse gases for developed countries along with other steps it hopes will provide a blueprint for global talks in...
Tags: climate change, European Commission, developing countries, Barack Obama, Brussels, carbon trading, eu unveils, United States, North America, European Union
New York Times: To trade or tax?
Brussels :: Belgium | 10 months ago
Credibility As the price for carbon emission permits plummets on the European market , Green Inc. readers are debating a bedrock question of CO 2 reduction policies: trade or tax? That is to say, is a carbon trading scheme the best way to induce regional and, ultimately,...
Tags: carbon trading
Exelon takeover bid for NRG remains hostile
Energy :: IL :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility An attempted $6 billion takeover of NRG Energy Inc. stayed hostile, as executives at the power generation company declined to let Exelon perform any due diligence during a Monday meeting, according to a Tuesday Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Approaches to Conservation in China
There are sufficient reasons why China gets a bad reputation in regards to its environmental policy, yet there is cause to be optimistic about the future of ecological conservation in China. Professor Lu Zhi's lecture at UC Berkeley entitled "Seeking...
Tags: China, environment, conservation, lecture, berkeley, giant pandas, Tibet, Lijiang, carbon trading
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