Australia delays carbon emissions trading scheme by one year

Australia have announced that they are pushing back their planned carbon emissions trading scheme for one year as the global recession has made efforts like this just not possible within the current budget. This will mean that the date to begin would be July 2011. Prime...

Could the Wild Wielangta be the first Australian forest to generate carbon of...

Help the Wild Wielangta find ways to keep its old growth, high conservation value forest in the ground by applying pressure to the Australian (Federal) and Tasmanian (State) governments to recognise the role...

Carbon Markets Need to Help the Poor

The global carbon credit trading schemes emanating from the Kyoto Protocol have created a multi-billion dollar market – the global carbon market was worth US $30 billion in 2007 (World Bank) – and represents...

NowPublic: North America's First Carbon Tax - Yay or Nay?

The first regional carbon tax in North America has been implemented in British Columbia, Canada.  No doubt, this will leave many left scratching their heads, and asking themselves, "What the hell is a carbon...

CBI climate change report underestimates consumers

The CBI climate change task force published its report yesterday. In an change of direction, it promises full commitment to the targets in the Climate Bill and explores how business can be incentivised to make its...

A suggestion for a cap and trade scheme that maximises clean development

Cap and trade systems that allow participants to submit offsets are designed to allocate resources to the cheapest projects that reduce emissions, across the whole world. Take a look at McKinsey’s marginal...

Airline Seat Upgrades are Easier to Get; EU Carbon Trading for Airlines; and ...

Travelography World Travel News #89 podcast (.MP3 Download) Airlines in the US are offering more opportunities for upgrading to business and first class. Europe wants all airlines flying to and in the EU to participate in a carbon trading program. Now the US wants...

Global warming: whatever happened to common sense?

    There is a deadly secret lurking behind all the gabble gobble going on around the world today about global warming. The knowledge is seeping through to us turkeys that our planet has at...

LE REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment: Corporate America Greener Than H...

"Ten major US corporations, including industry giants General Electric, DuPont and Alcoa, have joined forces with leading environmental groups to call for a slash in carbon-dioxide emissions of 10-to-30 per cent over the next 15 years."

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