Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The New South Wales Government’s latest move on the electricity industry seems…
Month: October 2010
U.K.’s `Stealth’ Carbon Tax May Add About 10% to Companies’ Energy Bills
Bloomberg: The U.K. Treasury’s decision to keep about 3.5 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) from a…
America’s 240-acre sun farm
Telegraph: To one side of the fence, a herd of bison grazes against a backdrop…
United Kingdom: Defra faces brunt of green spending cuts
Business Green: Defra was yesterday hit with one of the worst budget settlements as part…
Corporations, conservation, and the green movement
Mongabay: The image of rainforests being torn down by giant bulldozers, felled by chainsaw-wielding loggers,…
Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: U.N
Reuters: Land purchases by foreign investors in poor countries and the growing use of biofuels…
Singapore presses Indonesia to act on forest fires
AFP: Singapore on Thursday urged Indonesia to take action on forest fires on Sumatra island…
Gulf deepwater drilling freeze thawing slowly
Reuters: Some leading offshore drilling contractors, after reporting declines in quarterly profits, said on Thursday…
Bill Gates puts $700,000 against effort to suspend California’s climate rules
Mongabay: Bill Gates contributed $700,000 to the “No on 23” campaign, giving a critical boost…
Plants clean air pollution better than expected
Reuters: Plants, especially some trees under stress, are even better than expected at scrubbing certain…