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ACCORDING to Klüber Lubrication, specialty lubricants can help operators considerably reduce their energy costs and improve their CO2 balance.

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Posted on March 13, 2010 · in Australasia

WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) — Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., introduced a bill that would delay Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse gases from smokestacks.

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Posted on March 13, 2010 · in USA

Firms need a standard method of reporting their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, one environmental publication has suggested.

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Posted on March 13, 2010 · in UK

As Congress moves to enact a federal system to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, businesses are bracing for a variety of new mandates aimed at disclosing to investors the carbon risks they face.

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Posted on March 13, 2010 · in USA

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will set an emissions threshold of at least more than 75,000 tons a year–and possibly more than 100,000 tons a year–for power plants and other industrial projects for the initial stage of stationary-source greenhouse-gas regulations between 2011 to 2012, the head of the agency said Wednesday.

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Posted on March 12, 2010 · in USA

The top 10 national forests for storing greenhouse gases in the United States are in the Pacific Northwest and southeast Alaska, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Wilderness Society.

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Posted on March 12, 2010 · in USA

Political deadlock and distraction are good friends to advocates for a greenhouse gas emissions tax. Whereas a year ago a cap-and-trade system looked all but certain in the United States, and perhaps even for the whole world, the tide is increasingly turning in favor of a tax.

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Posted on March 11, 2010 · in USA

As politicians debate how Americans should adapt to global climate change, economists have been crunching the numbers. Although research into the social impacts from climate change is new, economists are beginning to understand the social effects of a rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases.

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Posted on March 10, 2010 · in USA

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) — Fang Fang, vice chairman of J. P. Morgan Asia Investment Banking division, has proposed that China develop a domestic carbon-trading system as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Posted on March 10, 2010 · in Asia

The Utah Senate on Monday refused to support a voluntary greenhouse gas reduction market that one senator said could help municipalities and service districts make money by reducing pollution.

A few Utah entities — notably Weber County with a methane production plant that saves landfill space and reduces carbon emissions — already sell carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. By reducing their greenhouse gas output, they can sell their credits to multinational companies that can then show customers and investors that they’re acting on behalf of the environment.

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Posted on March 10, 2010 · in USA

THE opposition has been accused of misrepresenting the US climate policy debate by claiming it is moving towards the ”direct action” approach proposed by Tony Abbott.

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Posted on March 9, 2010 · in Australasia

March 2 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration would be blocked from regulating greenhouse gases from power plants, oil refineries and other industrial sources for two years under legislation to be introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat.

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Posted on March 9, 2010 · in USA

March 8 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration has no plans to set up a “cap-and-trade” program for greenhouse gases under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass legislation doing so, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said.

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Posted on March 9, 2010 · in USA

Members of the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), an industry-led consortium, believe that the electronics manufacturing industry must work collectively at all levels of the supply chain to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions affecting climate change. Integral to this effort is development of a product carbon footprint (PCF) methodology that will enable companies to quantify environmental impact of their products and easily assess trade-offs to make improvements

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Posted on March 8, 2010 · in USA

 

Hiccups in carbon trading

The Copenhagen conference in December was supposed to be the forum at which big cuts to carbon dioxide emissions were announced, sending the price for the permit to emit one tonne of CO2 into overdrive.

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Indonesian-Australian Carbon Trade Cooperation of AUS$ 30 Million

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian and Australian governments have agreed on carbon trade cooperation of AUS$ 30 million.

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Opinion: How Much Carbon Do Different Forests Store & What Size Offsets Your Driving For a Year?

As any TreeHugger worth his or her epiphytes knows, preserving tropical rainforests is a major part of preventing the worst of climate change–deforestation itself causing nearly as many carbon emissions as the entire transportation sector. But over the past year there have been a number of studies all essentially claiming that one particular type of forest or another stored more carbon than rainforests and why aren’t we trying hard to protect them too? Which is a fair enough question to ask. So let’s quickly sort it out a bit and provide some context:

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Opinion: Carbon Offsets In A Nutshell By Susan Patel

I received an email last week with the question, ‘Do you recommend any particular carbon offset company?’ Great question and an even better topic to share since March 27 is all about climate change.

If you follow the news, chances are you’ve come across some sort of reference to carbon offsets. Its become all the rage as events like the winter Olympics and New York Fashion Week to people like Al Gore, Dixie Chicks and actors including George Clooney buy offsets in an effort to become “carbon neutral.” Not to mention, businesses around the world are taking a closer at their contributions to climate change, with an increasing number voluntarily reducing their “carbon footprint” too. What about you and your business?

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 Event: Improving Your Carbon Footprint – Technical Workshop

16 March 2010, Chesterfield, UK

Following on from the success of the “Joining Technologies for FRP Composite Materials” workshop in November 2009, NetComposites have teamed up with Ray Khan from Hambleside Danelaw – a self proclaimed “Corporate Eco Warrior” – for this exclusive workshop on how to improve you carbon footprint for composites companies.

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‘Blue carbon’ plan to enlist the oceans to fight climate change

Countries and coastal communities may eventually be paid to preserve their seas to help fight climate change, as a result of an agreement just made in Bali. Over half of all the carbon emitted each year is taken up by the oceans – without this essential, service global warming would be far worse.

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Opinion: When It Comes to His Own Energy Usage/Carbon Footprint, Al “Bigfoot” Gore Uses 19x U.S. Average

“It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.

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Opinion: L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa considers a carbon surcharge for DWP customers

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is moving ahead with a plan requiring customers of the Department of Water and Power to pay higher bills to help the utility tap more sources of renewable energy.

 
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Australia’s Carbon Mission Targets 10 Asean Projects

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) — Australia’s Carbon Mission has target 10 carbon projects worth US$100 million in ASEAN within 18 months.

 

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France to renew calls for EU carbon tariff

 
EU ministers are set to give renewed consideration to French calls for a “carbon inclusion mechanism” in an attempt to curb unfair competition from countries like China, which have weaker climate protection laws. But opinion is still divided on the issue of carbon tariffs at the EU’s borders.
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Press Release: NDRC maps out ways to further develop low-carbon energy

BEIJING, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) – China’s topeconomic planner the Nat ional Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has mapped out ways to boost low-carbon energy development in the country.

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Event: Carbon Markets Asia

Tue, 22/06/2010 (All day)
Conducted by: Green Power Conferences
Url: http://www.greenpowerconferences.com/cmasia
 
Contact: Laura Brownie

Scheduled in the weeks following the UNFCCC climate change discussions in Bonn, the 6th Annual Carbon Markets Asia congress will bring together all those working in carbon markets in the region to examine how the industry has changed since Copenhagen and how the market can move forward successfully. Bringing together policy makers, project developers, financiers, DNAs, DOEs, traders and other carbon professionals the congress will be a one stop shop for all your knowledge and networking needs.

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Trade row looms as adviser calls for carbon tax on China

 

Ministers should consider a carbon tax on imports to help struggling British manufacturers, according to one of the government’s key advisers, despite fears such a measure could lead to a global trade war.

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Opinion: Greenhouse gas carbon pricing could replace cap and trade
1 March 2010– U.S. senators are working on a plan that will combine energy and climate proposals through a price on greenhouse gases (GHG) instead of the cap and trade program.

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Opinion: Carbon quotas: the scheduled end of free allocations

 
The revision of the European carbon quota exchange system, which will take effect in 2013,(1) will see the gradual introduction of an auction system that will revolutionize the existing situation in France.

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Posted on March 7, 2010 · in Global