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Weekly New Zealand carbon market review from broker OMFinancial.

NZ carbon at $20 a tonne

Friday - While the view locally is that the price of New Zealand carbon may weaken (based on a perceived overhang of credits in the market later this year - EITE/Pre-1990), at this point there is bidding...

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City forester trebles profits with sale of credits

Friday - A forestry company has sold Kyoto carbon credits for three times the amount of its 2009 profit.

Mighty River wants more after Maori carbon deal

Lake Taupo deal could be worth a million a year.

Friday - Mighty River Power is looking for carbon deals with more land owners after signing an historic agreement with a Maori incorporation.

Country on alert as scammers steal carbon units

Friday - The New Zealand carbon registry is issuing warnings to members after the theft of nearly $6 million worth of carbon units in an international email scam.

NZ ready to commit to Copenhagen Accord

Friday - New Zealand is to submit its 2020 emissions reduction target to the Copenhagen Accord.

No submissions as allocations deadline looms

29 Jan 10 - No submissions have been made on the crucial regulations governing the allocation of free carbon credits to trade-exposed industries.

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Barack Obama ... strategy shift.

Obama retreats from goal of cap-and-trade bill

Friday - President Barack Obama said this week for the first time legislation that would require industries to pay for emissions of greenhouse gases might need to be separated from a more popular "green jobs" bill in the Senate.

Rudd and Abbott trade blows over climate schemes

Tony Abbott ... direct action plan.

Friday - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has seized on an admission by a top economist commissioned to cost Opposition leader Tony Abbott's rival climate change plan that the country needs an emissions...

UK will pay people for wind and solar power

Friday - Britain soon will being paying homeowners who produce low-carbon power such as solar or wind.

55 nations set 2020 goals under Copenhagen Accord

Friday - Fifty-five nations accounting for almost 80 per cent of world greenhouse gas emissions have set national goals for fighting climate change by a deadline in the Copenhagen Accord, the United Nations...

I won't resign, says posh-suits Pachauri

Rajendra Pachauri ... picture convincing and important.

Friday - Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri has refused to apologise for a mistake in a 2007 climate change report and has hit out at his critics.

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Forestry News

Wanted: New chief for big boys' lobby group

Catherine Beard ... still much work to be done.

29 Jan 10 - The Greenhouse Gas Coalition wants a new executive director.

Credit-rich foresters out looking for buyers

22 Jan 10 - Forest owners are moving to sell last year’s carbon credits as NZUs start to...

Europe emerges as main buyer of NZ carbon credits

22 Jan 10 - New Zealand sold more than 1.5 million Kyoto carbon credits offshore last year,...

NZ might get its way, says business council head

Peter Neilson ... NZ could get lost at the last minute.

18 Dec 09 - New Zealand might get what it wants on forestry and land-use – providing an...

Copenhagen time running out, says forester

David Rhodes ... key objectives for New Zealand.

11 Dec 09 - The Copenhagen climate change conference must make progress on land use and...

Forest owners gear up to sell Kyoto credits

11 Dec 09 - Forest owners are making moves to start selling this year’s Kyoto credits as...

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Energy

Firms to pioneer employee cap and trade scheme

Friday - A small group of UK firms is poised to trial an innovative personal carbon...

US cleantech stocks fall despite major market growth

Friday - By Nick Hodge. - The disparity between cleantech news and stock performance...

Three companies in energy efficiency campaign

Friday - Three New Zealand businesses are to showcase their energy efficiency on...

Aussie hotel wins carboNZero certification

Friday - Australia's first conservation-based luxury resort, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa,...

Copenhagen - a letter from Gordon Brown

Friday - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reflects in an open letter to Labour MP...

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New work under way on Phase II of RMA reforms

29 Jan 10 - New Zealand needs to do better with its planning of urban development and...

Windflow progress pleases shareholders

18 Dec 09 - Shareholders at Windflow Technology’s annual meeting held on Wednesday in...

NZ firm helps British sheep

18 Dec 09 - A New Zealand firm, Rissington Breedline says it is reducing the carbon...

Todd takes stake in Crest

4 Dec 09 - Todd Energy has taken a cornerstone shareholding in tidal energy company Crest...

Decision to go to Copenhagen the easy part, says Greenpeace

4 Dec 09 - Greenpeace says John Key has made the right decision to attend the Copenhagen...

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