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Australia’s prime minister Julia Gillard today announced she was determined to put a price on carbon as soon as next year, declaring 2011 the year in which long-awaited climate change legislation would finally pass.
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- Published: Dec 3rd, 2010
- Category: Australasia
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Australia pledges to deliver carbon price next year
Firms urged to act now on carbon levels
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A CONSTRUCTION chief claims businesses in Leeds need to act now to gain the skills needed to reduce their carbon levels.
Mark Farrar, chief executive of CITB-ConstructionSkills, has launched the “Cut the Carbon” campaign to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meet the demand for low-carbon construction.
Beyond Carbon Legislation: Energy Transition
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“I felt a great disturbance in the Force… as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.” –Obi-Wan Kenobi
The death of the climate bill yesterday struck the Climateers like a wet, oil-soaked dead dolphin to the face.
Two thirds of firms unprepared for carbon legislation
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But even though 65 percent are not ready for the new rules, over seven in 10 see green IT as a top priority. Some 79 percent say the legislation will change the way they think about the environmental impact of their IT operations.
Can carbon ‘cap and trade’ make a comeback?
Harvard’s Rob Stavins asks “Who Killed Cap and Trade?”. The NY Times is asking the same broad question .
The recession has not helped the push to internalize the carbon externality. Hummer drivers, meat eaters, electricity consumers, cement makers are all not eager to face higher input prices at a time when their earnings are down. Matt Kotchen and I have figured out a credible strategy for measuring this “recession chills the ardor for Carbon policy” effect and we should have a serious NBER paper ready in 2 months or so.
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Summit: Feb. 12 Summit Offers Help in Planning for Carbon Laws
Businesses affected by carbon legislation, large energy consumers, and other executives responsible for strategic planning regarding energy consumption are invited to attend “Positioning Business to Succeed in the Low Carbon Economy – A Climate Change Summit.”
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- Published: Jul 4th, 2009
- Category: Australasia
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SCENARIOS-Possible outcomes for Australian carbon trade laws
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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Duke signs ad for carbon legislation
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Duke Energy and 19 other U.S. corporations including more than half-a-dozen power companies took out full-page ads in major political publications to support pending carbon legislation.
The ads ran Tuesday in Roll Call, Politico and CQ Today. All three are Capitol Hill publications frequently read by Congress members and their staffs.
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- Published: Mar 10th, 2009
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Australia unveils carbon trade legislation
CANBERRA (Reuters) – The Australian government released its long awaited carbon trading legislation on Tuesday, sticking to its timetable for a carbon market by mid 2010 and a 5 percent cut in emissions by 2020.
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Sen. Boxer Promises Carbon Market Legislation by the End of the Year
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The chair of the Senate environment and public works committee, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) held a press conference earlier today promising to get a bill regulating carbon dioxide emissions out of her committee, perhaps within weeks. As the Guardian reports:
