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Carbon News Roundup Oct 4 - Oct 6

Posted in Carbon Market News on October 6, 2008

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eGov monitor, UK
The UK Government plans to issue EU ETS Phase II carbon allowances once European and Global registry systems are linked and operational. …


Guardian.co.uk
(Reuters) - Poland has moved closer to assembling a blocking minority among European Union members, allowing them to …


MarketWatch
“The Clean Air Task Force applauds the passage by Congress of a tax incentive package to promote carbon …


Enews 2.0, UK
European countries were Monday urged to step up cooperation and information exchange over threats linked to climate change such as floods …


Reuters
The deepening credit crisis in the Western world has slowed buying of …


Irish Independent, Ireland
THE Government has rejected a call to claw back €1.6bn in “windfall” profits generated for electricity companies by a carbon levy imposed …

Global


TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk
Together with the introduction of three fuel-efficient DRIVe cars with CO2 emissions below 120 g/km1, Volvo Cars is unveiling an aggressive roadmap for …


Tech Digest, UK
Carbon footprints are difficult. They’ve received a lot of attention in the press, and they’re firmly stamped (no pun intended) on the public psyche, …


Ethical Corporation Magazine, UK
Sectoral industry agreements have received considerable attention for their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But developing countries remain …


Science Centric, Bulgaria
Contrary to some claims, electricity prices will not be driven up by the full auctioning of emissions allowances under the European Emissions Trading Scheme …


Subscription (Carbon News)
Carbon was subdued on Friday, prices fell slightly and trading was thin as Germany had a public holiday and there were no electricity prices to drive the …

Asia


Reuters
A wall of heat and sulphur from a towering furnace stoked to 1500 degrees Celsius hits onlookers at …


Daily News & Analysis, India
The Shree Pandurang Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, Shreepur, or the Pandurang Sugar Cooperative, is India’s first sugar cooperative to sell carbon credits under …


Livemint, India
New Delhi: Soon, when old refrigerators are exchanged for new energy-efficient ones, some of the price difference could be paid by Western countries keen to …


Financial Express, India
The state-run National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Nabard), which is closely associated with the Centre’s Rs 71000 crore debt waiver scheme …

Australasia


Redland Bayside Bulletin, Australia
REDLAND City Council is willing to spend up to $19000 sponsoring a proposed Network Ten program called The Biggest Carbon Loser. …


The Australian, Australia
Ms Ridout says the Government should also make sure the market does not push the carbon price too high in the early years of trading by imposing a “low” …

Canada


EcoWorldly, San Francisco
According to an article in the latest bulletin from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Prairie Mines & Royalty, Ltd. (PMRL) and …


CEP News, Canada
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) says a carbon tax would be bad for Canada and it has launched an online petition campaign to get …


Charlottetown, The Guardian, Canada
A carbon tax, as proposed by the Liberals and other political parties, would cause electricity rates to increase across Prince Edward Island, …


The Province, Canada
The carbon-tax-hating Tories are raking in $30-million from Campbell’s carbon caper by charging GST on top of the carbon tax. (Check your last bill from …


Canada.com, Canada
Auditor General Fred Dunn is poking a sharp stick into a hornet’s nest of provincial policy, revealing the climate change plan as ill-planned, …


The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada
A carbon tax will add millions of dollars to a municipal budget already mushrooming out of control and ratepayers will ultimately pay the price through …

Europe


Ward’s Auto (subscription)
As the debate regarding a planned European Union cap on carbon-dioxide emissions continues, European auto makers are …


Kathimerini, Greece
A second Polish diplomat has confirmed the reported participation of Greece in an initiative being taken by a handful of relatively new European Union …


EUobserver.com, Belgium
European car manufacturers have agreed to ask the EU for a €40 billion loan to maintain a “level playing field” with the US, while bashing European plans to …

UK


nebusiness.co.uk, UK
HARTLEPOOL-BASED Garlands Call Centres has launched a new initiative to help employees reduce their carbon footprint. The company, which employs more than …


New Energy Focus, UK
MEP Chris Davies has called for coal-fired power generators to invest in expensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, as he leads negotiations at …

USA


Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD
The Sioux Falls City Council will be asked to approve the sale of carbon credits to a California firm involving the Chicago Climate Exchange, according to …


Canada NewsWire (press release)
– Program enables Flexjet owners to offset environmental impact of their flights << — Flexjet will pay to offset all non-owner flights >> DALLAS, …


Business Travel World, UK
Sabre has announced a number of enhancements to its Traveler Security and Data Suite (TSDS), including a cutting-edge carbon reporting tool. …


Seattle Post Intelligencer
If Washington and Oregon play their public policy cards right, the two states could lead the nation in production of climate-friendly energy production, …

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