Most Australian businesses are still in the dark about what the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme means to them, nor have taken any action on climate change, a new survey found.

Some 62 percent of the nearly 400 companies …

India will not bend to international pressure to cut emissions, the country’s Environment Minister said this week.
 
“India’s position is clear and categorical that we are simply not in a position to take any legally binding emissions …

Former US vice-president and Nobel Peace prize winner for his work on climate change Al Gore urged Australia to pass a carbon trading scheme, even if flawed, as a sign of leadership leading up to the Copenhagen negotiations.
 
Speaking in Melbourne, …

The Forests Product Commission (FPC) has acquired more than 5,000 hectares of land in south-west Western Australia for its tree planting project with Synergy Energy, the ABC reported.
As part of the one year deal, the …

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute was officially launched at an event jointly hosted by the President of the United States, Barack Obama and Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi in L’Aquila, Italy on …

G8 leaders agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 80 percent by 2050. They also called to all developed countries to slash their own emissions.
 
Australia has promised to cut its emissions by 60 percent within the time frame and is now …

Leaders of G8 nations may walk out of the summit having agreed to cut greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050 and to hold human-induced temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius, the BBC reported July 6. 
News of the G8 plans …

 The world’s poor are suffering more because of climate change, according to a new Oxfam report titled “Suffering the Science,” which tells the stories of people around the world facing changing climate conditions.
People such as Florence …

Energy bills for Sydneysiders will be more affordable if they use more renewable power, a new study by CSIRO shows.
More intelligent use of the existing energy grid could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut household …

 Federal and state leaders have called for a  study on whether to introduce mandatory carbon emission standards for new cars or to keep the current system where car makers set their own voluntary standards.
 
The move …