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China to slash energy use and emissions
Friday, 18 Jun, 2010 – 0:56 | No Comment

China is taking a sledgehammer approach to curb energy consumption and carbon emissions, by announcing that it will simply start closing companies that fall short of meeting their reduction targets.
“By the end of July, we …

Obama calls for energy reform
Wednesday, 16 Jun, 2010 – 9:03 | No Comment

U.S. President Barack Obama today urged Americans to get on board with his vision for a clean energy agenda, saying the U.S. has known for decades that the days of cheap and easily accessible oil …

Voluntary market shrunk last year, but will grow in 2010: report
Tuesday, 15 Jun, 2010 – 8:42 | No Comment

The United States led the world in both purchases and sales of credits in the $387 million voluntary carbon market last year, as the market at once contracted and became more interconnected, …

Australia lags in renewable energy investment
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010 – 10:03 | No Comment

Australia’s growing investment in renewable energy still leaves the country lagging behind the rest of the world, according to a new Climate Institute study. It also found that Australia will fail to achieve its emissions reduction commitments …

Media coverage of climate change ‘infantile,’ economist says
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010 – 8:12 | No Comment

Speaking at a Melbourne summit on the green economy, Australian National University Professor Will Steffen criticised the media for treating climate change science as a political issue in which two sides should be given a …

NZ ETS a go ahead
Monday, 24 May, 2010 – 12:47 | No Comment

New Zealand will go ahead with its proposed carbon trading scheme despite Australia abandoning its plan to price carbon last month, prime minister John Key told Television New Zealand today, after weeks of rumors and …

More droughts for Australia: climate scientists
Monday, 24 May, 2010 – 10:51 | No Comment

A climate change-driven rise in temperature in the Pacific region could mean more droughts in Australia, climate scientists have found.
The region will have significant temperature changes, which will affect the natural El Nino – La …

US climate legislation to create thousands of jobs: study
Saturday, 22 May, 2010 – 12:29 | No Comment

U.S. Senate climate legislation unveiled last week would spark multi-billion-dollar investments into overhauling the energy sector, adding some 200,000 jobs per year over the next decade in the construction of new power plants and through …

US lead science body urges climate action
Saturday, 22 May, 2010 – 1:55 | No Comment

Climate change is a reality and is driven mostly by human activity – chiefly the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation – the U.S. leading scientific body states in its most comprehensive study on the …

UK to push Europe for further emissions cuts
Friday, 21 May, 2010 – 12:23 | No Comment

The UK government will push the European Union to up its greenhouse has emission cuts to 30 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, rather than the current 20 percent target.
The new government, led by Conservatives and …