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14 Apr 08

Shell will not pay for emissions permits, freeze investments in Europe. :: iNSnet

  • Royal Dutch Shell Plc. may stop investing in Europe if it has to pay for emissions permits.
  • Utilities are hostile to the plans and are threatening to freeze their investments in the EU and to relocate operations.
22 Feb 08

B.C. takes important lead with carbon tax

  • The province said the tax will be revenue-neutral. About $1.8 billion raised from the tax over the next three years will go toward personal income and business tax cuts.
  • Consensus is the killer. Consensus is what the United Nations is about, and all the international climate meetings that lead to nothing. Consensus is a tool of delay.
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22 Jan 08

Study reveals potential of recycling for CO2 reduction | EU - European Information on Climate Change

  • establishing EU-wide legally binding recycling targets for municipal solid waste could save up to 144 million tonnes of CO2 per year

ETS is likely to increase electricity prices

  • power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and cement factories - which account for almost half of the EU's CO2 emissions.
  • he biggest change to the reformed scheme is that EU member states will no longer come up with the so-called national allocation plans, meaning they will no longer grant permits to pollute to their companies.



    Instead, the "plans would be replaced by auctioning or free allocation through single EU-wide rules,"
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21 Jan 08

Norway to become Carbon neutral by 2030

  • As the world's fifth-largest exporter of oil and Western Europe's biggest exporter of natural gas, Norway has found itself under increasing pressure to improve its environment profile.



    The new plan includes offsetting Norwegian emissions by stopping deforestation in developing countries and planting trees. On the domestic front, money is to be earmarked for investment in renewable energy and new taxes on fuel introduced as part of a 'carrot and stick' strategy promoting more environmentally friendly behaviour and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  • become a leader in the global technology race in the new experimental and costly technology known as carbon capture and storage (CCS)
16 Jan 08

EUobserver.com

  • "Do not expect us to compromise on European interests."




    "Both our international credibility and credibility before European Union citizens depend on fulfillment of the targets."
18 Dec 07

Congressman attends UN climate conference in 3-D animation - Green Daily

  • here is just one problem. How did these delegates, from around the world, get to the conference? For the most part, they flew over land and sea in airplanes. Airplanes are known to be one of the bigger offenders of CO2 emissions. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that air travel causes 3.5 percent of global warming. This could increase to 15 percent by 2050.
    When landed, some potentates traveled by gas-guzzling limousine.
  • addressed the conference in a 3-D animated avatar version of himself. In doing this, Markey saved an estimated 5.36 tons of CO2 emissions. Citizens from many different countries are reported to have attended the virtual Bali conference the same way Markey chose to attend.
13 Dec 07

IEA Says Massive Investment in Alternative Electricity Generation to Reduce CO2 Emissions

  • The world needs to build 30 nuclear power stations and the equivalent of two Three Gorges dams every year to prevent dangerous climate change, the International Energy Agency has said.



    It also needs to build 13,000 wind turbines and 40 coal and gas power stations fitted with carbon capture and storage technology each year between 2013 and 2030, the head of the Agency told the climate change conference in Bali.

29 Nov 07

EU claims CO2 success ahead of key climate change talks

  • We have successfully broken the link that traditionally meant that economic growth inevitably translated into higher emissions," said EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas on Tuesday (27 November).




    "Our emissions are currently 2 percent below [1990] levels (…) while our economy has grown by more than 35 percent over the same period."
19 Oct 07

3E Intelligence : 23% of Chinese CO2 emissions are our responsibility

  • 23% of China’s CO2 emissions in 2004 were due to demand from the West for manufacturing products made in the new economic giant. This 23% is as much as the combined emissions from Germany and Australia and more than twice the national emissions of the UK.
08 Oct 07

Questioning GDP as the world lives far beyond its means; our Chinese emissions « 3E Intelligence

  • The “Chinadependence” report shows that a big part of greenhouse gases attributed to China are the result of products that are made for our Western consumers market. So, in fact, these CO2 emissions should be included in our own greenhouse stats.
17 Sep 07

After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Zero Net Energy, Zero Net Emissions

  • Kaneda accepted the challenge to renovate the office building so that it would have a net electricity use of zero or less. Furthermore, the office building was to produce zero carbon dioxide; no fossil fuels would be burned for heating with the requisite production of greenhouse gases.
10 Sep 07

ScienceDaily: First Ever 'Zero Emission' Antarctic Station

  • Using specialised building design and materials, a passive heating system, an energy control system, energy efficient appliances, and sound insulation techniques, engineers from the IPF and its technical partners have managed to take a pioneering step forward in the domain of sustainable development.
31 Aug 07

Merkel suggests new way of fighting global warming

  • In a speech in Japan on Thursday (30 August), Ms Merkel suggested that carbon dioxide emissions - thought to be the main reason for climate change - should be tailored to the size of a country's population.
  • She went on to suggest that developing countries should be allowed to increase their emissions per head while industrialised countries should decrease emissions per head until the two sides meet.
02 Aug 07

Carbon- and nuclear-free America possible by 2050 | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

  • The 12 most critical policies that need to be enacted as urgently as possible for achieving a zero-CO2 economy without nuclear power are as follows.
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