So we seem to have some colorful changes now. We are still working on some other stuff, especially thinking about removing the jobs section (for now at least; doesn’t fit there unless we can update it). Then, we are also thinking of having CER/EUA prices and some other useful stuff. Basically, we just realize that if our audience needs one thing badly, that’s TIME. So we are thinking on those lines. How can we deliver more by taking less of your time. While we covered around 4 posts daily last month, we were missing a lot of other news in between. And now we are covering a lot more, though we aren’t adding any original stuff. But these snippets save a lot of time. Anyway, let’s see what this site turns into in the next few months. Let’s move on to the news now:
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A London-based start-up company has developed software for mobile phones that uses global positioning satellites to work out automatically whether you are walking, driving or flying and then calculate your impact on the environment…
The first auction in the United States of permits allowing power plants to emit a greenhouse gas raised nearly $39 million, which states plan to use to protect consumers from any higher energy bills that could …
A report by the Government Accountability Office found that the growing U.S. market for carbon offsets is so loosely regulated that it offers consumers “limited assurance of credibility,” the Wall Street Journal …
(Reuters) The governor’s office has invited China, India, European countries, Australia, Canada and Mexico to a meeting ahead of international climate talks the following month in Poland. Details still …
A team of University of Calgary researchers say they have built a simple machine that can capture greenhouse gas carbon dioxide right out of the air and …
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With August returns of +4.16% (offshore) and +4.03% (onshore) the Natsource Aeolus II funds have bounced back from a negative July …
Global interest in clean energy solutions from carbon funds and technology giants is stimulating a surge in ‘green’ patents, according to a new study. …
In July, the (World) Bank named the first 14 countries for the controversial Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF, see Update 60): six in Africa (DRC, Gabon, …
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Carbon prices drifted lower on Friday as the focus for all markets was on the ongoing negotiations in the US for the bail-out package. …
The imposition of levy on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions beyond a mandated annual cap was set forth as a …
Asia
Union Minister of Power Sushil kumar Shinde has complimented Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) for being the first Hydro Electric …
MUMBAI: The GMR group-run Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, Hyderabad, is planning to trade in carbon credits, its senior official said. …
AP Qianmen Gate at the south end of Tiananmen Square looms through thick haze in Beijing in this file photo. Qianmen Gate at the south end of Tiananmen …
Carbon Asia Pacific Ltd, a subsidiary of Asia Capital and a joint venture with the UK based Syndicated Carbon Capital, …
Participants of the Summer Davos Forum were encouraged to buy their own carbon emission in the trip to Tianjin, as an effort to cut down the emission of …
Australasia
RECYCLING giant Visy has warned that the Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme would force it to immediately close two recycling …
AUSTRALIANS rate protecting jobs and strengthening the economy ahead of tackling climate change on a list of foreign policy goals, according to a new poll … 53% were not willing to pay more than $10 extra a month on their electricity bill to help the fight against rising greenhouse gas …
KEVIN Rudd has been urged to rethink his “obsession” to deliver a carbon emissions trading scheme by 2010 because it is placing intolerable pressure on major companies battered by the global financial crisis …
Canada
Thirty Liberal candidates … have publicly stated that the Dion Carbon Tax is either incomplete, flawed, harmful to Canadians, in need of special side deals, cannot be sold or is still is subject to change, Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre revealed today …
Premier Gordon Campbell has promised some kind of compensation or allowance - it’s not known exactly what, yet - to offset the cost of the carbon tax for school boards across the province…
The City of Burnaby could soon get reimbursed for the carbon tax under a plan announced by Premier Gordon Campbell this week. Campbell made the announcement …
It’s good the province listened to what they had to say and did something about it, says Mayor Lois Jackson about the latest development on the …
David Suzuki Foundation to support Montreal Alouettes … announce today that they have become the first Canadian professional sports team to “go carbon neutral,” taking a leadership role …
Europe
Belgium has bought rights from Hungary to emit 2 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, both environment ministries said, through a government-level emissions trading scheme that critics …
Bulgaria has opened a long-delayed national carbon dioxide registry which allows the Balkan country to launch trade in greenhouse gas emissions, an environment ministry official …
Climex Energy Auction started the procedure to purchase Guarantees of Origin for the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Defence will buy, on behalf of the entire National Government, Guarantees of Origin (GoOs), in order to compensate 75% of the total energy consumption …
UK
… Companies in Britain have begun looking for creative ways to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing energy use in their supply chains … One of the most surprising examples of an energy-saving opportunity arose from a pilot study Booz & Co did for the UK Carbon Trust ..
Comedian Rob Brydon will tell TV viewers not to leave machines on standby as part of a campaign to cut carbon emissions. The Gavin And Stacey star, …
USA
Maryland earned nearly $16.4 million last week in the nation’s first mandatory auction of rights for power plants to release climate-changing pollution, …
Gov. Deval Patrick will use the $13.3 million that Massachusetts earned from selling greenhouse gas emissions allowances to help individuals …
The next Advanced Carbon Trading and Finance seminar will be held at CME Group’s NYMEX on October 15th and 16th in New York.This seminar focuses on real …
ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI), an established global leader in strategic climate change services, today announced the launch of …
Autodesk announced in its latest sustainability report that GHG emissions from its business operations in 2007 equaled about 64,000 metric tons of CO2, from three main categories …
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