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Outback action could lead to huge emissions cuts
16 Jul 2010
Australia’s outback has been identified as a vast "pollution bank" that could be used to store 1.3 billion tonnes of carbon by 2050.
Schools sign up to national solar programme
16 Jul 2010
Primary and secondary schools across Australia will have access to funding for solar panels and rainwater tanks under new funding.
Kenya pushes for first ETS in Africa
16 Jul 2010
Kenya is set to become a carbon trading hub in Africa if plans to establish a regional carbon emissions trading market prove successful.
UK firm plants 50,000ha in jatropha
16 Jul 2010
British company VEPower says it has secured 40,000 tonnes of crude biofuel through an exclusivity agreement to finance a 50,000ha jatropha plantation in Ghana.
It's getting hot in here. says Hawaii
16 Jul 2010
Global warming is already leading to rising temperatures in the mountains and declining rainfall in Hawaii, say climate change experts.
Climate bill would save US billions, Congress hears
9 Jul 2010
Congressional sponsors of the stalled US climate change bill received a boost this week from a finding by a nonpartisan office that the measure would reduce the federal deficit by $19 billion during the next decade.
Businesses can shout about carbon neutral
9 Jul 2010
A new Carbon Neutral Program is to be implemented by the Australian Carbon Trust, the Government has announced.
EPA proposal cuts power plant pollution
9 Jul 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind.
China talks to pave way for Mexico summit
9 Jul 2010
China will host an additional round of climate talks in October in Tianjin before UN members convene in Mexico at the end of the year for a climate change summit.
BMW has high hopes for Megacity carbon car
9 Jul 2010
German car maker BMW says it has broken new ground with its Megacity vehicle, due to come on to the market in 2013.
Obama optimistic on climate bill despite senate rifts
2 Jul 2010
US President Barack Obama spent 90 minutes trying to convince senators to move forward with climate change legislation yesterday … and came away optimistic that a climate bill can be passed in spite of rifts.
UK must take radical action, warns watchdog
2 Jul 2010
Britain needs to build twice as many wind farms every year, put more than a million electric cars on the road and insulate every home in the country in order to meet ambitious legally binding climate change targets, Government advisers have warned.
Bank puts its money where its lightbulbs are
2 Jul 2010
Deutsche Bank and Ecuador have entered into a pioneering transaction to finance household energy efficiency through the carbon market.
F1 racers give green light to carbon reduction scheme
2 Jul 2010
The Formula One racing industry has approved an ambitious programme to reduce its carbon footprint by 15 per cent over the next three years.
Japanese told to go to bed early to cut emissions
2 Jul 2010
The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions.
UN gives bad Bulgaria the Kyoto boot
2 Jul 2010
Bulgaria has been suspended from United Nations carbon trading for violating greenhouse reporting rules set under the Kyoto Protocol.
Carbon trading heads off oil in Europe
25 Jun 2010
Carbon emissions early this year overtook Brent crude oil to become the largest commodity type traded in Europe.
All Australia's power could be renewable, says report
25 Jun 2010
Renewable sources could provide all of Australia's energy by 2020, says a new report.
Canada promises to show coal the door
25 Jun 2010
Canada’s Conservative government has vowed to scrub Canada clean of dirty coal-powered electricity generation.
APEC ministers set out energy targets
25 Jun 2010
APEC energy ministers have set down directions to advance energy security, improve energy efficiency and increase the clean energy supply in the Asia-Pacific region.
De Boer departs … delighted, determined
25 Jun 2010
The UN’s outgoing chief climate negotiator, Yvo de Boer, is confident that the world is making progress on global warming.
Summer time clocks could cut carbon emissions
25 Jun 2010
Putting the clocks forward one hour would prevent about 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere each year, UK green campaigners claim.
NZ ranks 57th in $6 trillion low-carbon market
18 Jun 2010
New Zealand ranks 57th in the world, behind Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Morocco, in earnings from low carbon and environmental products and services.
UK minister vows to ease path for nuclear power
18 Jun 2010
Britain’s new coalition government will remove regulatory barriers and encourage nuclear power by establishing a minimum price for carbon.
New PM aims to slash Govt emissions
18 Jun 2010
Carbon emissions from the UK central government will be cut by 10 per cent in the next 12 months, new Prime Minister David Cameron says.
Danes at centre of European tax fraud
18 Jun 2010
A tax scandal rocking the global carbon markets is emanating from Copenhagen, the city that six months ago hosted the world's largest climate summit.
Aussie supermarkets to show carbon labels
18 Jun 2010
The first products to have a label showing their carbon footprint will be on Australian supermarket shelves later this year.
Surprise! Bonn talks make some progress
18 Jun 2010
Delegates from 184 countries meeting in Bonn last week were never going to find it easy to deal with the debris left after the inconclusive result of last December’s UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.
UK farmers show how to cut carbon
18 Jun 2010
While many New Zealand farmers protest against cutting carbon emissions, or paying the price, UK farmers are showing how it can be done.
Zero carbon low on green goals for Asian firms
11 Jun 2010
Zero carbon footprint targets are "unusual" and have their challenges, according to a consultant who points out that green goals are for now still secondary to attaining growth in Asia, particularly China.
Nations work hard on trust at Bonn talks
11 Jun 2010
Climate change negotiators from 194 countries are hard at work in Bonn, not just hammering out details of a future world deal but at rebuilding trust among nations.
New trading platform promises to shake up voluntary carbon market
11 Jun 2010
A new trading platform is promising to shake up the voluntary carbon market by allowing companies of all sizes to carbon offset in a fast, transparent and efficient online exchange.
Wal-Mart went green for the money, says former boss
11 Jun 2010
Wal-Mart Stores‘rationale for going green was purely economic, according to former CEO Lee Scott.
Americans begin to worry again
11 Jun 2010
Public concern about global warming is again on the rise in the United States, according to a survey just released by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities.
Blame it on the mammoth hunters
11 Jun 2010
It's not just for the past century that humans have been messing up the climate … it might have been going on for thousands of years.
US airlines challenge EU emissions rules
4 Jun 2010
American airlines have begun legal action to try to exempt themselves from a European carbon emissions trading scheme due to come into force in 2012.
Figueres believes world deal can be done in Mexico
4 Jun 2010
Agreement can be reached in Mexico this year on the basis for a post-2012 global climate change deal, believes the UN’s new climate chief Christiana Figueres
Obama vows to fight for climate bill
4 Jun 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill should inspire the US to cut its reliance on fossil fuels, President Obama said this week, issuing his strongest promise yet to fight for Senate passage of a climate bill.
We must move from meat diet, says UN
4 Jun 2010
A global shift toward a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report says.
China to start carbon market by 2014
4 Jun 2010
China will set up a domestic market for trading carbon emissions by 2014 and hand companies “half-mandatory” targets for limiting their greenhouse gases, said a government official.
Scientists find islands growing, not shrinking
4 Jun 2010
Climate scientists have expressed surprise at findings that indicate that many low lying Pacific islands are not sinking but expanding.
Indonesia agrees to curb commercial deforestation
28 May 2010
Indonesia has declared a two-year moratorium on clearing natural forests as part of a billion-dollar deal aimed at reviving efforts to fight climate change.
Global carbon market up in 2009, says World Bank
28 May 2010
The global carbon market grew six per cent last year, despite facing tough trading conditions, according to a report by the World Bank.
Europe sees ‘green bond’ reviving carbon trade
28 May 2010
European regulators and businesses are trying to revive carbon trading through the use of a supplemental “green bond” system that would function alongside the current cap-and-trade scheme, according to a report in the New York Times.
Time to pay up, UN tells rich nations
28 May 2010
The United Nations has told rich countries it’s time to front up with the money they pledged in Copenhagen last December to fight climate change.
Blair to earn millions from climate dealings
28 May 2010
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is set to earn millions of pounds advising an American businessman on how to make money from tackling climate change.
Remote-access meters cut energy costs
28 May 2010
A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by Australia’s CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband Internet connection.
Pacific climate change could drive droughts
28 May 2010
Climate scientists are concerned a rise in temperature in the Pacific region due to climate change, could increase droughts in New Zealand and Australia.
Coal looks good again, says power chief
21 May 2010
The absence of a price on carbon means more coal-fired power stations will be built in Australia, says the head of one of the country’s leading power companies.
Garnaut: Carbon tax better than nothing
21 May 2010
The architect of Australia’s dumped emissions trading scheme has called for an interim carbon tax to be imposed.
Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.
As Russia bombs Ukraine’s power plants, Gulf Coast LNG companies win big
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Record LNG exports to Europe are pushing up prices for US consumers even more than forecast.
What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?
Tue 10 Mar 2026
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction for the nation out to 2030, including support for clean energy and energy security.
EU climate advisers say eat less meat and tax farm emissions
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Brussels must take urgent measures to reduce the carbon footprint of food and farming, a scientific advisory board report says.
UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
9 Mar 2026
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new analysis.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
‘Clean energy, not LNG’ is Asia’s best hedge against energy shocks
Fri 13 Mar 2026
As Asian countries reel from the oil and gas price shocks unleashed by US-Israel attacks on Iran, experts warn that “clean energy, not liquified natural gas, is key to avoiding impacts” from the unfolding crisis.
Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition
9 Mar 2026
The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the effort.
Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
24 Feb 2026
Keeping global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial temperatures is “crucial” for limiting damage to the Antarctic Peninsula’s unique ecosystems, according to a new study.
Kenya’s latest carbon credit crackdown reveals questionable practices
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Some players use sophisticated tactics to inflate the value of credits that may not represent genuine, permanent emissions reductions.
Companies – including Blackrock – retired 2 million carbon credits after Verra suspended project
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Verra suspended the Pacajai REDD project in Brazil in September 2023, pending an investigation into the project’s validity. That didn’t stop Mastercard, BlackRock, Philip Morris International from retiring carbon credits from the project to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
Summit aims to revive stalled UN talks on phasing out fossil fuels
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Colombia and the Netherlands have set out three priorities for a conference on phasing out fossil fuels they will co-host in Colombia in April.
