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With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors
Mon, 3/10/11 – 9:04 | Posted by Tim Strube

Justin Gillis writes in The New York Times  about how climate change is affecting the planet Gillis looks at the warning signs from the world’s forests and the signals aren’t good. He explains how it …

Pedal power
Fri, 30/09/11 – 8:42 | Posted by Tim Strube

The Australian Financial Review has a profile on CO2 Australia CEO Andrew Grant
Titled Pedal Power it explores Grant’s enthusiasm for cycling and his bikes, a Bianchi road bike and a Specialized Epic 1885 mountain bike …

Forest CO2 projects lure record $175m in 2010: report
Fri, 30/09/11 – 8:37 | Posted by Tim Strube

Forest projects that generate carbon credits attracted a record $175 million in investment in 2010, according to a study published on Thursday.
The report, published by Washington DC-based research organisation Ecosystem Marketplace, said the projects that …

U.S. swaps Indonesian debt for $30 mln rainforest aid
Fri, 30/09/11 – 8:37 | Posted by Tim Strube

“The U.S. has agreed to swap Indonesia’s debt in exchange for its promise to protect a large block of forest land in Borneo, which will result in a total of $28.5 million in forest protection …

Sustainable economic growth is possible in Indonesia, says World Bank
Thu, 29/09/11 – 8:40 | Posted by Tim Strube

Indonesia can achieve major economic growth through expansion of its timber and palm oil industries while employing the carbon emission reduction mechanism REDD+, said Andrew Steer, Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank …

Indonesia may use Norwegian funds for oil palm plantation
Wed, 28/09/11 – 7:59 | Posted by Tim Strube

Indonesia has signed a Letter of Intent to seal US$1 billion fund assistance from Norway to conserve its rain forests under REDD+ projects. In spite of many delays, the government has completed some preconditions for the …

By 2015 carbon cost might be less
Tue, 27/09/11 – 8:05 | Posted by Tim Strube

Marcus Priest writes in The Australian Financial Review “Federal Treasury has predicted that the economic cost of the carbon scheme in Australia in 2015 is likely to be lower than it has forecast if other …

Australian miners send mixed message on carbon tax
Mon, 26/09/11 – 7:48 | Posted by Tim Strube

Marcus Priest writes in The Australian Financial Review: “Mining companies give their key investors a different financial picture of the impact of a carbon price to the one they paint in their campaigning against the …

ACCC chief defends link to Murdoch
Fri, 23/09/11 – 8:11 | Posted by Tim Strube

Matthew Cranston notes in The Australian Financial Review that competition regulator and former federal government climate change adviser Rod Sims has taken a $1 million state in RM Williams Agricultural holdings, whose largest shareholder is …

NZ Greens reveal plan for 100,000 ‘green’ jobs
Thu, 22/09/11 – 8:13 | Posted by Tim Strube

John Hartevelt writes in New Zealand’s The Dominion Post that “the Green Party has launched the last of its three election ‘priorities’ with a $2.5b package its says will add 100,000 ‘sustainable jobs’ to the economy. Co-leader …