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Really Batman, jet-fueled cars in 2009? That’s not eco-friendly. But don’t worry, there’s an alternative to your old, wasteful ways. Because not only does the Sanyo Eneloop carbon fibre electric bike come in black—it only comes in black.
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Posted on July 28, 2009
· in Australasia
CANBERRA, July 2 (Reuters) – The passage of landmark climate legislation through the U.S. House of Representatives, and a series of bad polls for Australia’s opposition, have raised hopes Australia might pass its carbon trade plans through parliament.
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Posted on July 4, 2009
· in Australasia
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s government, facing Senate defeat of key emission trading laws, vowed on Friday to bring its climate-fighting regime to the upper house a second time, opening the door for a possible snap election.
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Posted on June 19, 2009
· in Australasia
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Meanwhile, here in Australia, while the federal budget deficit looms as a growing threat the structural health of the economy, there are actual positive economic stories going on, mostly in the energy and resource markets.
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Posted on May 23, 2009
· in Australasia
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World Vision, Australia’s largest aid agency, hopes to secure millions of dollars in donations from the international carbon trade market, estimated to be worth $US120 billion ($158.5 billion). It estimates it could raise $8million by delivering environmental development projects in Africa and Asia.
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Posted on May 16, 2009
· in Australasia
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Australia will lose investment and trading opportunities should it decide to introduce a fixed price for carbon or limit prices on emissions allowances, Credit Suisse Group’s head of carbon trading said.
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Posted on November 1, 2008
· in Australasia, Top Stories
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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Posted on October 31, 2008
· in Australasia
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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Posted on October 30, 2008
· in Australasia, Top Stories
The convenor of a national carbon trading conference says delegates are concerned about the impact the global economic downturn could have on the growing sector.
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Posted on October 29, 2008
· in Australasia
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions through carbon trade will not be the “company killer” feared by business and no major polluters will be forced to move offshore, the government said on Wednesday.
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Posted on October 29, 2008
· in Australasia, Top Stories
NEW YORK, Oct 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Alcoa announced today that its Kwinana alumina refinery in Australia was recognized for excellence in the Australian mining industry when it was named ‘Minerals Processing Plant of the Year’ at the annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards sponsored by Australian Mining, Australia’s premier mining news website.
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Posted on October 28, 2008
· in Australasia
Continuing its tradition of leading by example, the PGA of Australia today announced that the 2008 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship will be a CARBON NEUTRAL event.
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Posted on October 28, 2008
· in Australasia
UP to 29,000 jobs would be lost in Victoria by 2020, under carbon emissions cuts backed by federal climate change adviser Ross Garnaut.
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Posted on October 27, 2008
· in Australasia, Top Stories
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) — Coal-fired power generators want Australia to give them a third of the carbon permits they would need over the first two decades of an emission trading plan as part of an adjustment package worth more than A$1 billion ($600 million), the Australian Financial Review said.
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Posted on October 27, 2008
· in Australasia, Top Stories