Among Europe’s best-selling automotive brands and for the third year running, Fiat Automobiles has logged the lowest average value for CO2 emissions of cars sold in 2009: 127.8 g/km (it was 133.7 g/km in 2008). The accomplishment was recognised by JATO, leading automotive advisory and research service provider. The bottom line shows FIAT ahead of Toyota (130.1 g/km), Peugeot (133.6 g/km), Renault (137.5 g/km), Citroen (137.9 g/km), Ford (140.0 g/km), Opel/Vauxhall (148.9 g/km), Volkswagen (150.4 g/km), AUDI (160.9 g/km) and Mercedes (176.4 g/km).
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Posted on March 12, 2010
· in Europe
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian and Australian governments have agreed on carbon trade cooperation of AUS$ 30 million.
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Posted on March 8, 2010
· in Australasia
Eminent jurists from across the world led by the Chief Justice of Singapore, Chan Seek Keong, have called for concerted efforts from both the developed and developing countries to reduce carbon emissions as per the Copenhagen meet on climate summit.
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Posted on March 8, 2010
· in Global
LEE COUNTY: Lee County is about to profit off its own green technology. But some wonder if what that county is selling is good for the environment – or just good PR.
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Posted on February 25, 2010
· in USA
Commenting on the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on carbon trading, published on Monday (8 February 2010), Friends of the Earth’s International Climate Campaigner Sarah-Jayne Clifton said:
“This report is yet another nail in the coffin for the Government’s deeply flawed reliance on carbon trading to tackle climate change.
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Posted on February 10, 2010
· in UK
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government of Canada officially informed the United Nations over the weekend that it has set a 17 percent reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels in the next 10 years. It is Ottawa’s commitment to the Copenhagen deal on climate change.
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Posted on February 7, 2010
· in Canada
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been granted the Mayor of London’s Green500 Platinum Award for embracing green technologies and improving the efficiency of the hospital in order to reduce its impact on the local environment and UK carbon emissions.
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Posted on February 6, 2010
· in UK
The Peace River Regional District is taking more steps towards becoming carbon neutral by 2012.
Directors met in Dawson Creek on Thursday, and discussed a Regional Community Energy Partnership. If implemented, the partnership could help PRRD municipalities (and residents) implement carbon-neutral practices.
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Posted on February 4, 2010
· in Canada
New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) India today conveyed to the UNFCCC information on the voluntary domestic mitigation actions it will undertake to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
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Posted on February 3, 2010
· in India
Being more preoccupied with natural history and biological science I find it somewhat trying writing about matters remote from my professional experience. Sometimes, however, my doubts simply evaporate when with a few words an expert in a particular area simply states a truth.
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Posted on January 17, 2010
· in Canada
In keeping with the recently announced voluntary and unilateral targets to reduce the emissions intensity of its increasing GDP, the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) of the Government of India has just put together an Expert Group with an objective of making India a Low Carbon Economy. Predicted to be one of the worst climate change affected regions in the near future, India has already gotten on its toes with the various Indian states putting together their Action Plans on tackling climate change and by taking the lead in calling for global cooperation on green technology.
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Posted on January 16, 2010
· in India
BRASILIA — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Tuesday signed a law requiring that Brazil cut greenhouse gas emissions by 39 percent by 2020, meeting a commitment made at the Copenhagen climate change summit.
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Posted on January 13, 2010
· in Global
All indications are that the number of climate change investment projects in Kenya will multiply in 2010.
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Posted on January 11, 2010
· in Global
