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US emissions on the rise
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 1:23 | No Comment

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy use will rise 2.1 percent this year as the economy emerges from the recession, the Energy Information Administration forecast today.
Emissions from coal, oil and natural gas consumption should rise …

EU emissions fall, but carbon price stays steady
Thursday, 1 Apr, 2010 – 5:38 | No Comment

The price of carbon credits in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) stayed stable after the European Commission released preliminary figures suggesting emissions from companies covered by the scheme fell by 11.2 percent in …

Look at Europe as a model for ETS, diplomat
Thursday, 25 Mar, 2010 – 4:19 | One Comment

Australia should stop criticising Europe over its emission trading scheme and instead take a lead from its example, head of the European Union delegation to Australia, Ambassador David Daly, said in a televised Press Club address …

French shelf carbon tax
Thursday, 25 Mar, 2010 – 3:49 | One Comment

The French government  has shelved its plan to introduce a tax on carbon emissions that have been a cornerstone of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s environmental policy. Had the plan been approved, France would have been the largest …

Brown-coal emissions on the rise in Victoria
Wednesday, 24 Mar, 2010 – 4:04 | No Comment

Victoria’s brown-coal fired power stations spewed nearly 10 percent more carbon emissions over the past decade, despite government programs designed to promote renewable energy.
Generation at the four major Latrobe Valley brown-coal fired plants has grown …

Most emission cuts easy to make, but carbon price still needed: research
Tuesday, 16 Mar, 2010 – 6:53 | No Comment

The cost of slashing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent on 2000 levels by 2020 is about $1.8 billion, or as little as $185 per household, according to new  research by the non-profit outfit …

Australia gripped by climate change: report
Monday, 15 Mar, 2010 – 0:43 | No Comment

Australia is already experiencing climate change, with hotter springs, declining rainfall and sea level rises more than three times the global average in some areas, according to a report released today by the nation’s two …

Scientists unite over rivers management
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 2:01 | No Comment

Some of Australia’s top scientists have united in their call for environmental outcomes to be given priority in the imminent Murray-Darling river plan.
Thirty three of Australia’s top scientists signed a manifesto, released today, calling for measure based …

CSIRO strikes back on climate science
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 1:46 | No Comment

The CSIRO Staff Association has accused the Opposition of using Senate estimates to wage a political campaign to discredit the national science agency’s climate change research, the Canberra Times reported on Thursday.
”Our scientists are being …

Australia and Indonesia seal forestry pact
Thursday, 4 Mar, 2010 – 0:30 | No Comment

Australia has signed a deal with Indonesia to support a Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership program to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through a $30 million fund.
“This is part of the Indonesia-Australia Sumatra Forest …