Plans to step up EU funding to develop innovative low-carbon technologies to help cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 were welcomed in a resolution approved by Parliament on Thursday. MEPs want the EU funding to develop applications for these technologies over the next 10 years, but also acknowledge that additional private, public and EU resources will be needed to hit the target.
Parliament welcomes the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Technology (SET) plans for research into clean, sustainable and efficient low-carbon energy technologies to meet energy and climate goals for 2020. However, MEPs call for more public and private investment, and fresh EU money, to develop these technologies.
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Posted on March 18, 2010
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Lisa Jackson, head of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), yesterday launched a robust defence of the watchdog’s right to regulate carbon emissions, warning that far from protecting jobs, efforts to reverse the agency’s regulatory powers would damage the economy.
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Posted on March 16, 2010
· in USA
Macau will be once again in the international spotlight this April, as experts, scholars, businessmen and exhibitors around the world will make their way to the territory and discuss pathways to a low-carbon economy during the 2010 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF).
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Posted on March 14, 2010
· in Global
LONDON (Reuters) – The government aims to spur private lending to households for energy efficiency and low carbon upgrades, under a proposed law to fight climate change and cut fuel poverty, the government said on Tuesday.
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Posted on March 9, 2010
· in UK
Given how often parallels are drawn between the Industrial Revolution and the emerging low carbon revolution, it is remarkable how little detailed analysis there has been of the similarities that exist between the 19th century phenomenon that provided the foundations for the modern world and the imminent shift in the global economy that represents the last best hope of saving us from the ravages of climate change.
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Posted on January 19, 2010
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“Trade Ministers at the WTO Ministerial this week should unite and oppose climate change protectionist threats that could add a ten per cent carbon tariff on imports,” said Tim Wilson, Director of the Trade and Climate Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs.
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Posted on December 4, 2009
· in Global
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IT’S a road map that will only allow green cars. By 2050, all new power sources in China will be either renewable or nuclear – and this change to a low-carbon future can take place while boosting economic growth.
China’s low-carbon road map, presented to the Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development in Beijing last week, claims that the global shift towards low-carbon technology “will allow China to capitalise on new growth opportunities as a supplier to satisfy increasing global demand” for such technologies.
China can capitalise on the global shift to low-carbon technology by supplying such devices to the world
To achieve a low-carbon economy by 2050, the report says the country must cut back its mining industry, introduce energy efficiency measures, construct compact eco-cities, invest in public transport and renewable energy, and install carbon capture and storage facilities.
Posted on November 27, 2009
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A new online tool launched by the European Commission lets users track how different regions are investing in low-carbon technologies, and where those technologies are likely headed in years to come.
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Posted on October 13, 2009
· in Europe
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TOMORROW the Government will set out its tactics to help businesses clean up by going green. The Low Carbon Industrial Strategy will explain exactly how corporate UK can benefit economically from tackling the twin challenges of securing green energy supply and meeting climate change targets.
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Posted on July 15, 2009
· in UK
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The government’s narrow focus on reducing carbon emissions could cause Britain to miss out on becoming a world leader in environmental commerce, an industry body has warned.
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Posted on July 12, 2009
· in UK
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The cap and trade bill is little more than a twinkle in Obama’s eye, but it’s already causing hot and heavy lobbying to undo its key provision.
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Posted on May 6, 2009
· in USA
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Britain will share the benefits of its investment in carbon capture and storage technology with China and other developing countries, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, said today.
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Posted on May 5, 2009
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