Estonia has disposed of about 75 percent of its 85 million metric tons of spare carbon permits awarded under a United Nations program in sales totaling 360 million euros ($534 million), Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said.
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CBI warns on investment in low carbon
The UK is failing to attract the level of investment needed to build a low carbon economy, the Confederation of British Industry warns.
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Singapore: Carbon tax scheme a matter of when
For most governments, going green is clearly a matter of political correctness. But the route to achieving a cleaner, carbon-reduced environment is no easy one.
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Few takers for capture, storage of carbon wastes
U.S. lawmakers, regulators and utility executives appear to have little appetite to push forward development of systems to capture carbon emissions from power plants and other sources for underground storage, said experts meeting in Pittsburgh.
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- Published: May 10th, 2011
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Territory wants carbon tax exemption
State Parliament has passed a motion calling on the Federal Government to exempt the Northern Territory from the looming carbon tax.
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Jamaica Plain Businesses Learn to Reduce Carbon Footprints
The Sustainable Business Leader Program aims to provide a unique and affordable course of action that small to medium-sized, locally and independently owned businesses can follow to become more ecologically conscious.
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U.K. Urged to Abolish Renewable Goals, Spend Less to Cut CO2
Britain should abolish its renewable energy targets and focus on less costly ways to cut carbon- dioxide emissions, according to researchers at Policy Exchange.
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US investment guru backs carbon tax
Julia Gillard has been given a much needed business endorsement for the government’s carbon tax proposal, with the US investment guru Jeremy Grantham declaring it a ”magnificent idea”.
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Annecy 2018 banks on low-carbon blueprint for mountain sports strategy
DOHA, May 04: Bid president Charles Beigbeder, vice-president Jean-Pierre Vidal and CNOSF head Denis Masseglia were in Doha this weekend for the IOC Sport and the Environment summit to promote the French bids blueprint for mountain regions.
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RMGL to share revenue by selling carbon credits
GURGAON: Other than transplanting trees, the Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) has decided to share the revenue generated by selling carbon credits.
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- Published: May 9th, 2011
- Category: Press Releases
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Carbon Footprint Calculator Offers Energy Awareness
Reid Supply Company, one of the country’s leading suppliers of industrial products, now offers a free online Carbon Footprint Calculator and other calculators to help industry and education take proactive steps to lower their energy use.
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EU Carbon Emissions Permits Plan May Kill Off Polish Companies
European Union regulations that will allocate free carbon-dioxide permits to companies in the next phase of the worlds biggest emissions trading system may
Europes carbon policies bolster a B.C. bioenergy industry
When Regina and Peter Pretterhofer built their new home in the city of Graz, Austria, they decided to give up fossil fuels and adopt a nationwide trend toward alternative energy to keep them warm during the snowy Austrian winters.
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- Published: May 9th, 2011
- Category: Australasia
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Australia aims for carbon tax details by July
CANBERRA May 4 (Reuters) – Australia will announce details of its new carbon tax by July, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday, as a new poll shows overwhelming public opposition to the plan which is a central policy of the minority government.
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- Published: May 9th, 2011
- Category: Australasia
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Food industry excluded from PMs carbon tax dinner
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has expressed it’s disappointing that Australias largest manufacturing sector was left off the guest list for Julia Gillards carbon tax industry dinner party.
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Businesses move quickly to discard banned carbon credits
Power plants and factories covered by the EU’s emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) used more UN-issued carbon credits to meet their emissions targets last year than ever before, analyst firm Thomson Reuters Point Carbon said this week, noting that companies could be looking to offload soon-to-be banned offset credits issued by controversial industrial gas projects.
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- Published: May 9th, 2011
- Category: Australasia
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Bligh understands carbon tax anxiety
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she understands why Australians are wary about a carbon tax in the absence of details about how it will work.
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PrintCity shares guide for carbon footprinting
The PrintCity Alliance has published a new
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- Published: May 9th, 2011
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More oppose carbon tax than support it
There is far more opposition to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s carbon tax than there is support for it, an opinion poll has found.
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Next – Carbon Health Warnings
Were told we need a carbon tax to combat dangerous carbon pollution.
The public surely needs health warnings on products contaminated by this dangerous chemical?
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Global carbon project calls on businesses to
The Carbon Disclosure Project has released its latest report; 2011 Supply Chain Report which addresses carbon emissions produced by its member companies and its suppliers.
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- Published: May 7th, 2011
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Koalas, too, would benefit from carbon tax
TOUGH measures including a carbon tax are needed to save the koala from vanishing in its own habitat, warns local environmentalist Janine Duffy.
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Canada Plans to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions with $1.3 Billion CCS Investment
Canadian authorities have given the green light to a C$1.24 billion (US$1.3 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plant in Saskatchewan, which aims to slash annual greenhouse gas emissions by around 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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Rainforest families to reap benefits of carbon market
Located on the Colombia-Panama border in the Sierra del Darien, the initiative involves around 1,000 Afro-Colombian, mestizo and indigenous families. The monies will be received from the emerging voluntary carbon market and the community plan to dedicate it to five main investment areas: local forest governance; income generating projects (e.g. ecotourism and chocolate growing); forest monitoring; reforestation; and, improved logging practices.
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Estonian carbon cap rejected
TALLINN — Estonia’s proposed strategy for distributing carbon emission quotas through 2012 has been again rejected by the EU.
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