LONDON (Reuters) – The future of global carbon markets is finely poised as recession threatens the political will to shoulder costs but New Zealand, Australia and Japan follow Europe with their own cap and trade schemes.
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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Carbon market’s future hangs in the balance
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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China issues post-Kyoto plans on climate change
The clean development mechanism (CDM) should continue to be implemented even after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires, says a white paper on China’s policies on climate change.
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Green conference solutions reduce carbon footprint
Conference solutions provider Polycom is assisting companies to go green by providing technologically advanced video conferencing solutions.
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B.C. Liberal members push back on carbon tax
Delegates to the B.C. Liberal Party convention voted strongly Friday to investigate a “rural living tax credit” that would offset the cost of the province’s carbon tax for people who face longer travel distances and colder winters.
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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Study: Biotechnology reduces carbon footprint of milk by 9 percent
Dairy farmers have focused on preserving their natural resources to sustain their way of life for generations. Recently at the World Dairy Expo, dairy farmers – often overlooked as environmentalists – learned how biotechnology is maximizing their focus on resource conservation and making the dairy industry even greener.
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UAE Govts Initiatives for Zero
ABU DHABI – All the countries should look at zero carbon programme, green building construction and sustainable development to be ready for any climate change, stated Dr Elizabeth Ness, an environmentalist and sustainable development expert.
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Carbon trades offer new cashflow
The head of the Oregon Small Woodlands Association has resigned his position to venture down a new road, but he’s not leaving family foresters in the dust.
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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Farmers in the dark on carbon plan impacts
Australian farmers are still no closer to understanding the full impacts of the Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on the agriculture sector following the release of the Treasury modelling, according to the National Farmers’ Federation.
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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Adjust carbon tax to lift burden on poor, think-tank says
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s controversial new carbon tax places an unfair burden on low-income families and needs to be reworked, according to a report released yesterday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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- Published: Oct 31st, 2008
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Carbon footprint standard launched
Businesses will be able to more accurately measure the carbon footprint of their goods and services with a new standard launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
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Carbon footprint of sugar revealed
British Sugar has become the first sugar business to certify the carbon footprint of its granulated sugar using the government’s new PAS 2050 standard.
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- Published: Oct 30th, 2008
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Families to be slugged A$360 a year for carbon emissions
FAMILIES will be slugged $360 extra a year in bills and food prices are expected to jump once the Federal Government introduces an emissions trading scheme.
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- Published: Oct 30th, 2008
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China hopes for step-by-step progress of low carbon economy
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Developing the Low Carbon Economy (LCE), a strategic option to cope with global warming, should follow a step-by-step pattern in accordance with a country’s situation, China’s Vice Environment Minister Zhou Jian said here Thursday.
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- Published: Oct 30th, 2008
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Carbon capture peddles win innovation award
A UK university has won an award for its carbon capture technology. The University of Greenwich has won a Times Higher Education Award for an innovation which turns contaminated land into harmless material.
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Qwest Takes Big Steps to Measure Carbon Footprint as Founding Member of the Climate Registry
DENVER, Oct 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Qwest Communications International Inc.chas joined The Climate Registry as a founding member, and in so doing has committed to calculate, independently verify and publicly report its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across North America.
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- Published: Oct 30th, 2008
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Press Release: New Shipping Company Cuts Carbon Emissions by 30%
Update Nov 24, 2008 – Read the Interview with the CEO here.
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- Published: Oct 29th, 2008
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Carbon trading data to be released
Economic modelling to be released by the Treasury on Thursday shows emissions trading will not hurt industry or the economy, the government says.
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Take sale-buyback route for CERs, cos advised
MUMBAI: Amid fears that a global recession may impact the carbon credit market, consultants are advising Indian companies sale and buyback of certified emission reductions (CERs) through forward transactions.
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Carbon markets take hit as oil plunges
The carbon markets resilience in the face of the global financial crisis has collapsed in the last week with sharp falls in prices for the leading carbon instruments.
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UK industries to be forced to cut CO2 emissions
British industries will be forced to make larger cuts in their carbon emissions due to the inclusion of aviation in new laws to stop climate change, it has been claimed. The Climate Change Bill will commit the UK to cutting greenhouse gases by 80 per cent by 2050.
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- Published: Oct 29th, 2008
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Carbon Sciences Announces Prototype Plan for CO2-to-Fuel Technology
Carbon Sciences Inc. (OTCBB: CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, today announced that it anticipates the completion of a prototype that will demonstrate its innovative biocatalytic CO2 to fuel process by Q1 2009.
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- Published: Oct 29th, 2008
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EU carmakers closer to CO2 loans
The European Union (EU) has backed the possibility of granting carmakers on the continent loans at attractive rates in the wake of the economic downturn.
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- Published: Oct 29th, 2008
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Carbon financing scheme can boost farming, reduce global warming
Agricultural experts met today to discuss how the sector can tap into the billions of dollars available every year under the United Nations-sponsored Kyoto Protocol
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- Published: Oct 29th, 2008
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Worlds first carbon exchange traded commodity to launch on LSE
Investors will be able to access the rapidly growing carbon futures market later this week with the launch of the worlds first carbon exchange traded commodity (ETC) on the London Stock Exchange.
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Press Release: HSBC special adviser Nicholas Stern shares vision of low-carbon economy
Lord Nicholas Stern, the Special Adviser to the HSBC Group Chairman on Economic Development and Climate Change, is in Hong Kong to meet HSBC executives and customers as well as the public to outline a vision of a low-carbon economy and the new business opportunities it brings.
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