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Henry Waxman ... America will be the world leader.

Carbon emissions trading core of US clean energy bill

3 Apr 2009

Congressional Democrats this week released clean energy legislation that establishes a market-based cap-and-trade programme for reducing global warming pollution from electric utilities, oil companies, and factories that together are responsible for 85 per cent of US greenhouse gas emissions.

Europe’s carbon trading scheme is working … just

3 Apr 2009

Europe’s controversial trading system to cut carbon emissions is showing faint signs of working, according to analysis of preliminary figures released by the European Commission.

Finland acts to tax low-carbon power producers

3 Apr 2009

Nuclear and hydro power plants in Finland are to be taxed to reduce company profits that result from competitive operation in a market with carbon trading.

Airlines fear failure of global climate talks

3 Apr 2009

Major airlines have warned that failure to agree on a global approach to emissions trading in climate change talks could hurt their industry by leading to increased taxes and regulation.

Underground water can store CO2, study shows

3 Apr 2009

Water deep below ground has safely trapped carbon dioxide for millions of years and may one day help to absorb emissions of the greenhouse gas to slow climate change, researchers believe.

UN climate plan talks of new world order

31 Mar 2009

A United Nations document on climate change that will be distributed to a major environmental meeting next week envisions a huge reordering of the world economy.

Todd Stern ... 'We want to make up for lost time.'

We’re glad to be back, US tells Bonn summit

31 Mar 2009

The United States won sustained applause at the opening of the Bonn summit when President Barack Obama's envoy pledged to "make up for lost time" in reaching a global agreement on climate change.

Barack Obama ... inviting 17 leaders.

Obama invites big emitters to Washington forum

31 Mar 2009

The United States will host a meeting of major economies late next month to lay the diplomatic foundation for an international agreement on climate change and energy later in the year, the White House said.

G20 leaders plan special climate change talks

31 Mar 2009

Leaders attending the G20 meeting in London plan to gather again soon for a special summit on tackling climate change.

Anne-Marie Dowd ... public dialogue works.

Table talk gets the climate message across

31 Mar 2009

Table talk may be the best way to help individuals to reduce carbon emissions and develop sustainable lifestyles, according to CSIRO social scientist, Anne-Maree Dowd.

Barack Obama ... might need another six months.

Obama might delay signing up to Copenhagen deal

27 Mar 2009

US President Barack Obama might be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the Congress, the Guardian reported yesterday.

Ross Garnaut ... wants a fixed carbon price.

Garnaut says no reason to delay emissions trading

27 Mar 2009

The Australian federal government's climate change expert, Professor Ross Garnaut, expects the economy to be in recovery by the time an emissions trading scheme begins operation in July 2010.

Penny Wong ... America in the driving seat.

Wong off to talk climate change in US

27 Mar 2009

Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong left yesterday for the United States to discuss climate change with leading figures in the new administration.

Changing climate might force Australians to move

27 Mar 2009

Senior government officials in Victoria are warning residents of towns on the Murray River that they could become the first Australians to be displaced by climate change.

Costas Christ ... tourism not the problem.

Experts seek ways to make tourism eco-friendly

27 Mar 2009

More than ever, global tourism must play its part in sustainable development and poverty alleviation, according to experts at an international symposium in Toronto.

Japan close to sealing Czech carbon deal

27 Mar 2009

Japan, struggling to meet a 2012 target for reducing greenhouse gases, is in the final phase of talks to buy carbon credits from the Czech Republic and aims to clinch the accord next month.

Worldwide darkness planned for Earth Hour

27 Mar 2009

What started in 2007 as one city's protest over inaction on climate change has ignited into a worldwide movement and this weekend 1800 cities are expected to participate in this year's Earth Hour.

Al Gore ... a comprehensive global plan.

Gore writing new climate change book

27 Mar 2009

Former United States vice-president Al Gore is writing another book on global warming policies and solutions.

Barack Obama ... the nation that leads on energy will lead the world.

Obama invests $2b in plug-in hybrids

24 Mar 2009

To produce the next generation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and the advanced battery components that will make these vehicles run, President Barack Obama has announced $2.4 billion in economic stimulus funding.

Honda Insight ... pushed Prius out of the top 10.

Honda tackles Prius in US after wowing Japan

24 Mar 2009

The road will get a little more crowded for the Toyota Prius today when Honda offers American consumers what it bills as “the world’s first affordable hybrid.”

Jon Wellinghoff ... 'we're in big trouble.'

Use e-car power, says new US energy chief

24 Mar 2009

US President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff, a lawyer who believes that electric-car owners could someday get paid to provide backup battery power to the electricity grid, as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Black Saturday ... climate change is costing the country.

Super funds in dark over costs of climate change

24 Mar 2009

Australian super funds want to review their investments in light of climate change, but are in the dark when it comes to evaluation methods.

Penny Wong ... Pacific climate change answers.

Aussies spend $20m on neighbourhood climate project

24 Mar 2009

Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says a $A20 million science programme will help the country’s neighbours to understand the impacts of climate change on the region.

Carbon trading 'undermined by boom and bust’

24 Mar 2009

A shake-up in the way the "boom and bust" carbon markets are working in Europe is being urged ahead of tomorrow's auction of new emission certificates by the UK government.

NZ scientists warn of Antarctic meltdown

20 Mar 2009

New Zealand scientists have found conclusive evidence that global warming of the scale predicted this century will cause massive melting of the Antarctic ice sheet and potentially catastrophic sea level rises.

Jeroen va der Veer ... returns outlook not as good.

Backlash as Shell cuts renewables business

20 Mar 2009

Royal Dutch Shell has provoked a furious backlash from campaigners by announcing plans to scale back its renewable energy business and focus purely on oil, gas and biofuels.

Steven Chu ... just one proposal.

China rejects US carbon-based import tariff idea

20 Mar 2009

China's top climate change official has rejected as protectionist a United States idea to put tariffs on some imports from countries that do not place a price on carbon, chiding the Americans to do more to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

World Bank appeals for water investment

20 Mar 2009

The global economic crisis threatens to shrink investment in water infrastructure, an already underfunded sector vital to growth and public health, the World Bank says.

UN gives $18 million for countries to slash emissions

20 Mar 2009

Five pilot countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to receive $18 million in funding from a United Nations programme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forests while boosting local livelihoods.

World leaders to be given green new deal facts

20 Mar 2009

Investing 1 per cent of global GDP, or around $750 billion, into five key sectors could be the key to a Global Green New Deal.

Environmentalists praise new climate change film

20 Mar 2009

A film on climate change released in British cinemas this week is “one hundred times better” than previous productions, environmentalists have said.

Escape to New Zealand, Americans told

17 Mar 2009

The Washington Post has cited New Zealand as the destination of choice for those seeking to escape what it describes as the “fear of looming environmental disaster.”

Penny Wong ... under pressure.

Opposition ups ETS pressure on Rudd government

17 Mar 2009

The Australian Government yesterday faced mounting pressure to make radical changes to its carbon trading plans to get the scheme passed by parliament.

Lord Stern ... inaction is inexcusable.

Scientists slam ‘weak, ineffective’ governments

17 Mar 2009

The world’s top scientists have urged “weak and ineffective” governments to stand up to big business and “vested interests” in order to address the alarming climate impact.

Al Gore ... writing on the wall.

Gore optimistic for climate deal in December

17 Mar 2009

Former US vice-president Al Gore is optimistic that a global deal to combat climate change would be agreed at a summit in December.

Threatened Maldives now aims to be carbon-neutral

17 Mar 2009

The Maldives islands in the Indian Ocean, under threat from rising sea levels, will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade.

Kevin Rudd ... opposition hardens stance.

Opposition terriers get teeth into Rudd’s ETS

13 Mar 2009

The Australian Government’s massive draft emissions trading legislation could be torn apart before it is put to the Parliamentary vote, throwing into doubt Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2010 timetable for the introduction of emissions trading.

What the Australian ETS proposes …

13 Mar 2009

After months of criticism and heated debated from all corners, the draft legislation for Australia’s Emissions Trading Scheme has been released.

Lamar Alexander ... now's not the time.

US senators attack Obama’s cap-and-trade proposal

13 Mar 2009

The United States should not impose a cap-and-trade system to battle climate change this year because it amounts to a painful tax during a deep recession, senators argued this week.

EPA proposes reporting on gas emissions

13 Mar 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced by major sources in the United States.

Sea level could rise twice as fast, warn scientists

13 Mar 2009

By the end of the century, sea levels might rise twice as much as was predicted two years ago in the fourth assessment report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Angry EU farmers oppose livestock-gas tax

13 Mar 2009

Proposals to tax the flatulence of cows and other livestock have been denounced by farming groups in the Irish Republic and Denmark.

Lord Stern ... 'absolute lunacy.'

Stern: Climate change deniers are 'flat-earthers'

13 Mar 2009

Climate change deniers are "ridiculous" and akin to "flat-earthers", according to Sir Nicholas Stern, who advised the British government about the economic threat posed by global warming.

Finalist ... Mitsubishi's i-MiEV.

Three make final of world green car award

13 Mar 2009

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Honda FCX Clarity, and the Toyota iQ are the top contenders in the prestigious World Green Car of the Year competition.

Dr Mike Raupach ... don't take sinks for granted.

Carbon sinks losing battle with rising emissions

13 Mar 2009

The stabilising influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising carbon emissions is gradually weakening, say scientists at the international Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

Malcolm Turnbull ... wants a carbon tax.

Senate to examine Rudd's emissions scheme

10 Mar 2009

A Senate inquiry into the Australian government's proposed emissions trading scheme will go ahead, after the Greens and the Opposition agreed on its terms of reference.

Rajendra Pachauri ... IPCC chairman.

Bad news on way as scientists give climate update

10 Mar 2009

Climate scientists are preparing for bad news as they review the latest data on global warming at a conference beginning today in Copenhagen.

Gordon Brown ... tremendous economic opportunities.

Low-carbon economy only way out, says Brown

10 Mar 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a national effort to create a low-carbon economy, stressing that green a recovery is the very option for the economy to beat the current recession.

Lord Browne ... politically impossible.

Carbon trade wrong, says former BP chief

10 Mar 2009

Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP and one of the earliest proponents of carbon trading to tackle climate change, has conceded his enthusiasm was misplaced.

We’ll have to wait and see carbon-effect of recession

10 Mar 2009

The financial crisis has slashed industrial output and trade but it will be months before there is an accurate picture of how much the downturn has curbed greenhouse gas emissions, according to two leading scientists.

Australia
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Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art

Mon 15 Sep 2025

Approval met with fury from conservation groups and the Greens, who called it a ‘betrayal’ of Australians who want climate action.

United States
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Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gas

Mon 15 Sep 2025

Debunking some of Chris Wright's most egregious lies.

China
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China on course to peak fossil fuel power as soon as this year, reports say

Thu 11 Sep 2025

The Asian nation’s energy transition is entering a new phase, with soaring renewables reducing demand for fossil fuels, analysis shows.

Europe
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EU considers faster Russian oil and gas exit after US pressure

Mon 15 Sep 2025

The European Union is considering a faster phase-out of Russian fossil fuels as part of new sanctions.

United Kingdom
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Ex-actor Zack Polanski's unusual path to become UK Green Party's new leader

9 Sep 2025

Zack Polanski has stormed to victory in the Green Party leadership election on a platform promising bold communication and "eco-populism".

Canada
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Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals

9 Sep 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney would not say Monday whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as his government faces criticism over his emission-reduction plans.

Asia
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Tax rebalancing in Indian energy sector: Renewables cheaper, coal costlier

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Industry experts and developers have hail GST cuts on clean energy equipment, saying it will be a major enabler for India’s ambitious climate goals.

Pacific
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Australian PM says Vanuatu security, climate agreement delayed

Thu 11 Sep 2025

PM Anthony Albanese says he won’t sign Nakamal Agreement in Vanuatu, despite recent high-level talks on the pact.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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Second Africa Climate Summit seeks to jump hurdles to green industrialisation

Wed 10 Sep 2025

A report on progress since the first summit in 2023 says financial, infrastructure and trade obstacles are hampering “climate-positive growth” on the continent.

South America
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate summit, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash

5 Sep 2025

November's COP30 summit comes at a precarious time for climate action, as companies back away from environmental initiatives, and attacks on green energy by President Trump.

United Nations
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UN pushes countries for new climate targets this month

9 Sep 2025

The United Nations urged countries on Wednesday to set more ambitious climate plans during this month, seeking to pressure major economies including the EU and China ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit.

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