People and Planet: From Lebanon to Lisbon, the Mediterranean summer produces more than just suntans;…
Month: September 2008
China to become world’s largest investor in green energy
Telegraph (UK): China is on the verge of becoming the world’s largest investor in green…
Chemical Lobby Weakening Ozone Treaty
Inter Press Service: In hard economic times, protecting the environment is often seen as a…
Carbon markets to be left “more or less unscathed” by financial turmoil
Business Green: The price of carbon credits in Europe’s emissions trading scheme slipped today as…
Arctic ice melts to second-lowest level: scientists
Reuters: Arctic sea ice melted to its second-lowest level this summer, rising slightly from 2007’s…
Australia: Waste adds $344m to carbon cost
Sydney Morning Herald: THE Australia Institute estimates that the Federal Government’s plan to include landfill…
Health care providers ‘won’t cope’ with emissions trading costs
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A group representing hospitals and aged care services says the Federal Government…
Australia: Farmers want out of emissions trading
AAP: Farmers have suggested they be permanently kept out of emissions trading, saying there may…
Japan Carbon Trade Targets to be Voluntary – Paper
Reuters: Japanese companies taking part in a trial carbon trading system to be launched next…
Getting to ‘yes’ on more offshore drilling? Not yet.
Christian Science Monitor: To get to “yes” on sweeping new energy legislation, US lawmakers this…