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	<title>GreenCollar Consulting Solutions</title>
	<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au</link>
	<description>A leading advisory consulting firm focused on climate change and carbon managment strategy.</description>
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		<title>UN urges Asia to move on carbon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Growing first and cleaning up later&#8221; is no longer an option for developing nations, the UN Development Program (UNDP) argues in its new Asia-Pacific Human Development Report, as reported by The Australian today.
The 2012 report, focused on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/un-urges-asia-to-move-on-carbon/</link>
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		<title>California, Quebec move to cross-carbon trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The state of California and province of Quebec moved to knit together their fledgling carbon markets yesterday as California proposed a new regulation allowing cross-border trading of the permits that industries must acquire to cover their ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/california-quebec-move-to-cross-carbon-trade/</link>
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		<title>Greens wont go for any change in the carbon price: Milne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne says the Greens will not accept any change in the carbon tax no matter who wins Australia&#8217;s next Federal election.
Speaking to Tony Jones in Lateline yesterday, she also tried to shift Jones ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/uncategorized/greens-wont-go-for-any-change-in-the-carbon-price-milne/</link>
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		<title>Countries should put a value on natural resources: World Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Natural resources such as farmland, biodiversity and forests should come with a price tag in order to encourage governments to make their economic growth plans more environmentally sustainable, the World Bank says in a new report.

In &#8221;Inclusive Green ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/countries-should-put-a-value-on-natural-resources-world-bank/</link>
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		<title>Carbon pricing repeal would be nearly impossible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition Leader Tony Abbott&#8217;s &#8221;pledge in blood&#8221; to repeal the Labor party&#8217;s legislated price on carbon would be very difficult to achieve, the Sydney Morning Herald reported today.
&#8221;Well, we tried roll-back on the GST; it ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/carbon-pricing-repeal-would-be-nearly-impossible/</link>
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		<title>List of Australian companies liable for price on carbon published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Regulator today published an online database with the names of 248 of the 500 companies that will face an A$23 tax on their CO2 emissions from July 1 this year.

Among the highest polluters are BHP ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/list-of-australian-companies-liable-for-price-on-carbon-published/</link>
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		<title>South Korea approves carbon trading scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Korea yesterday approved an emissions trading scheme, making it the latest in a number of countries to enact stringent climate legislation.

Of the 151 lawmakers who voted, 148 approved the scheme, underscoring bipartisan support for ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/2629/</link>
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		<title>US Senate bill pushes for clean energy, reduces coal-fired power generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new US Senate bill supporting clean energy would cut coal-fired generation by 54 per cent and slash greenhouse gas emissions 20 per cent under 2005 levels by 2035, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The energy department’s statistics arm ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/us-senate-bill-pushes-for-clean-energy-reduces-coal-fired-power-generation/</link>
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		<title>Brazilian exchange offers forest offset trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro’s environmental commodity exchange, BVRio, opened today registration for participants interested in trading forest offset credits that landowners can use to comply with Brazil’s forest legislation.

The exchange will enable Brazilian landowners that face harsh ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/brazilian-exchange-offers-forest-offset-trade/</link>
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		<title>Australia on track to meet Kyoto target, new data shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol target of limiting growth in carbon pollution, according to data released today by the National Greenhouse Accounts.
National emissions rose by 0.6 per cent to 546 million tonnes over ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-meet-kyoto-target-new-data-shows/</link>
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		<title>US emissions on the rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising energy consumption has lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States last year, according to new data released by the US Environment Protection Agency.
Emissions had fallen 5.3 per cent from 2005 to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/us-emissions-on-the-rise-2/</link>
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		<title>UK to open new carbon measuring centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK has announed it will open a facility aimed at improving measurement of carbon emissions and boosting development of clean technology: the Centre for Carbon Measurement.
The new body will raise accuracy of climate data, support better emissions ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/uk-to-open-new-carbon-measuring-centre/</link>
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		<title>EU emissions flat in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union from firms operating under its emissions trading scheme (ETS) should have been stable in 2011, according to a Reuters report citing the head of research at state-owned bank ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/eu-emissions-flat-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>Business managers confused about carbon tax, study finds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Australian Institute of Management survey shows almost 50 per cent of managers don&#8217;t realise the carbon tax starts this year.
The survey also shows that most managers are against the tax, despite an overwhelming majority ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/business-managers-confused-about-carbon-tax-study-finds/</link>
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		<title>Abott says he will get rid of carbon tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian Opposition leader Tony  Abbott has vowed to call a double-dissolution election if he is unable to repeal the carbon tax in government.
Speaking on Sky News&#8217;s Australian Agenda program today, Abbott said that the Labor Party&#8217;s poor showing in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/abott-says-he-will-get-rid-of-carbon-tax/</link>
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		<title>Australia on track to undercut its Kyoto target</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is on track to undercut its Kyoto Protocol carbon target by 125  million tonnes, creating a handy buffer to meet its 2020 greenhouse target in the event the carbon price fails to deliver, according to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-undercut-its-kyoto-target/</link>
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		<title>Emissions set to surge by 50 percent, OECD says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the OECD says in its environment outlook to 2050, released today.
The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/emissions-set-to-surge-by-50-percent-oecd-says/</link>
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		<title>Australia records warmest decade yet, CSIRO Climate snapshot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia recorded its warmest decade in 2011 while ocean surface temperatures were the hottest on record in 2010 and 2011, according to the latest State of the Climate snapshot from the Bureau of Meteorology and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/australia-records-warmest-decade-yet-csiro-climate-snapshot/</link>
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		<title>Combet says carbon price helps Australia stay competitive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet has said that putting a price on carbon is to Australia’s long-term competitiveness.
Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday, Combet said: “The need to reduce the carbon intensity ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/combet-says-carbon-price-helps-australia-stay-competitive/</link>
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		<title>South Africa to introduce carbon tax in 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Africa is looking to introduce a carbon tax next year.
At 120 Rand per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, or about AU$14.50, the tax wouldn’t have much of an impact at first, given that nearly ...]]></description>
		<link>http://greencollarclimate.com.au/news/south-africa-to-introduce-carbon-tax-in-2013/</link>
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