The U.S. Senate bill aimed at tackling emissions reductions by imposing new limits on carbon dioxide pollution from factories, utilities and vehicles was introduced Wednesday by Democratic Senator John Kerry and Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman.
The legislation …

The Australian government announced plans for a $652 million renewable energy fund, in a reversal of policy direction just weeks after ditching its proposed climate bill.
Speaking in his budget address, Treasurer Wayne Swan said that …

Some three-quarters of Australians support action to cut carbon emissions before a global agreement is reached, a new poll by Lowy Institute reveals.
However nearly a third of those surveyed do not want to pay for …

The government announced yesterday that it is providing another $40 million for the nation’s first carbon capture project, which is capturing emissions from the Yallorn coal-fired power station in Victoria and convert the gas into cement and …

The government has shelved its emissions trading scheme for at least three years, in the hopes that in that time it will garner enough domestic support to pass it through the Senate.
The Carbon Pollution Reduction …

Big polluters would have pocketed billions in assistance they did not really need under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), new research by an energy institute found.
The analysis by Grattan Institute is the first to …

Carbon curbing pledges under the Copenhagen Accord are likely to doom Earth to warming of 3 degrees Celsius or more, rather than the ideal 2 C,  analysis published by the journal Nature finds.
Researchers at the …

A new U.S. draft report on climate change was publisized yesterday, a lead ahead of the  expected unveiling of a compromise U.S. Senate bill that aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
The report, a draft of …

– from the CE Daily website; 19 April 2010 2:11pm
Unless or until Australia has an emissions trading scheme, the government should specify a percentage of its emissions reduction target that will be met through investments in …

The Australian business community will be left behind by global competitors unless it takes advantage of low carbon opportunities, Minister for Employment participation Mark Arbib said, according to the AAP.
He rejected the claims that Australia would …