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While the world was in tumult less than a year ago over reducing pollution, the European Union watchdog group Sandbag is accusing E.U. polluters of using carbon offsets to avoid making their businesses more environmentally friendly, which is irresponsible on the part of these businesses and the United Nations, which is supposed to be monitoring them.
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Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6cc5d3/analyzing_the_carb : ) has announced the addition of the ” Analyzing the Carbon Emissions Trading in Europe – The EU ETS Scheme : ” report to their offering.
Emissions trading is an administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. It is sometimes called cap and trade.
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THE International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) said yesterday that sales of ‘recycled’ United Nations carbon credits could damage the reputation of the European Union’s emissions-trading market, posing a threat to the present system which allows Ireland to buy credits overseas.
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- Simple steps to address five core products would save the UK 8 million tonnes each year in carbon equating to 19.9 billion road miles -
If manufacturers were to adopt simple ecodesign principles and re-evaluate the production process of just five staple consumer products (kettle, television, mobile phone, fridge,
laptop), the UK would save over 8 million tonnes of C02 each year – the equivalent of taking over 19.9 billion road miles off the roads.
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The Government made a significant move towards establishing a regional centre for renewable energy research in T&T when it hosted energy policymakers from the United States and other Caribbean territories at the Hilton Trinidad yesterday. Energy Minister Conrad Enill said the meeting was important because it acknowledged the new reality that renewable energy will play an enhanced role in the region’s thrust towards sustainable development. He said the partnership with the US Department of Energy “will see the consummation of a partnership between T&T and the US to establish the region’s first renewable energy research centre that would conduct varied work in this field for the benefit of all countries in the region.” “Climate change has been an ongoing focal point of discussion since last April during the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when (US) President (Barack) Obama and leaders across the hemisphere launched the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas. “Talks on climate change continued at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) and at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit.”
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PARIS, March 10 (UPI) — The International Energy Agency and technology officers from 30 global companies in Paris called Wednesday for dramatic action to usher in a low-carbon economy.
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BRUSSELS — Major European polluters are buying their way out of making big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offsets that pay for environmental programs in developing nations, a nonprofit group said Friday.
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Newedge Group, one of the world’s biggest independent futures brokers, has closed its energy and environmental markets business in Australia after the country’s carbon-trading reforms stalled.
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The partnership provides clients with access to Greenstone’s carbon accounting software, Acco2unt, to measure, manage and report carbon emissions online.
16th March 2010 – Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company and The CarbonNeutral Company, a world-leading provider of carbon reduction solutions, today announced a partnership across operations in Europe and the United States.
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TOKYO, Mar 10, 2010 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) — Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (TSE:8755) is broadening the scope of its environmental risk management business to include providing certification and consultation services to companies that must comply with new government regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday authorised 30 million euros ($40.82 million) of investment aid granted by Germany to world largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS) for its gas recycling project.
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Popularly, China is a villain in climate change. Many people who attended last year’s chaotic U.N. climate-change talks in Copenhagen — especially those who belonged to the U.S. delegation — singled out China as the main reason the summit nearly collapsed. Chinese diplomats fought hard against any form of emissions regulation, even though their country is now the world’s No. 1 national carbon emitter, and will emit far more carbon in the future than any other. In Washington, opponents of carbon cap-and-trade also point to China, which is unlikely to take on a carbon cap of its own, and wonder why the U.S. should have to restrain its emissions.
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If reports are to be believed, the US still holds the dubious distinction of being the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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Fear of Western-imposed carbon tariffs on goods and services from Asia is likely to drive growth in offsetting emissions by large firms in the region, a voluntary carbon market executive said.
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The UK’s current housing stock needs to be retrofitted in order to meet increasingly important CO2 targets, according to an expert at Whatgreenhome.com.
Gordon Miller, founder of whatgreenhome.com, made the comments after the government announced a series of initiatives to make Britain’s homes greener.
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