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First weekly GHG calculator shows NSW emissions up
16 Apr 2008
The world’s first weekly greenhouse indicator has revealed that greenhouse emissions from energy in NSW and Victoria have risen for the first quarter in 2008.
US Government ETS revenue windfall $1.13 trillion: new official estimate
14 Apr 2008
US officials have just released a new report estimating emission trading there will increase Government revenues by about $1.21 trillion over the 2009-2018 period.
WHO's stern warning on climate change impacts: 'hundreds of millions' to die
10 Apr 2008
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the health of hundreds of millions of people may be put at risk by the effects of global climate change.
Rudd announces stepped up international action on climate change
9 Apr 2008
Australia and the United Kingdom yesterday announced an enhanced partnership to tackle the causes and impact of climate change.
Now it's an offset with your Obama
9 Apr 2008
Delegates to the Democratic Convention with the highest percentage of members offsetting their carbon emissions will be recognized in their seating section on the floor of the Convention - if they offset their travel they’ll also receive a “green item” to be worn for Convention week.
NEW EVENTS: Carbon Trading, Sydney, 14 May
9 Apr 2008
Check our Events section for important meeting relating to the new carbon markets. With an Emissions Trading Scheme coming into force in less than 2 years, Australia is on countdown to Carbon Trading.
UN: Global warming continues, regardless of La Niña weather pattern
8 Apr 2008
The long-term trend of global warming is continuing, despite the current La Niña weather phenomenon that is bringing relatively cooler temperatures to parts of the Equatorial Pacific region, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says.
Hello Auckland? Anyone home on climate change?
7 Apr 2008
The City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz announced on the first of April that the City would join the international organization The °Climate Group.
A message from Bulgaria: a sign of ETS things to come?
4 Apr 2008
Ninety four of 175 companies are late reporting their verified carbon dioxied emissions.
18 states due EPA to force vehicle emission regulation
4 Apr 2008
Eighteen states are suing the EPA in an attempt to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling in April that found the EPA has authority to regulate vehicle emissions, AP reports.
Bangkok talks warned little time remains for climate change solution
2 Apr 2008
UN Climate Change Talks began Monday in Bangkok with warnings that little time remains for international community to negotiate 2009 Copenhagen agreement.
Gore-backed group to launch US$300 million climate change campaign
27 Mar 2008
The Alliance for Climate Change Protection will spend $300 million over the next three years on a global warming marketing campaign, USA Today reports.
Arithmetic Of Food Miles Flawed
26 Mar 2008
Thousands of people in the UK have bought in to the idea that eating local produce can help save the planet, but “only local is good” has come under attack, according to an article in the Guardian.
US Air Force goes supersonic on synthetic fuel
26 Mar 2008
While New Zealand waits for Air New Zealand to announce its bio fuel flight trials, a B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force base recently became the first Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel, the Air Force News Agency reports.
Investors File 54 Global Warming-Related Shareholder Resolutions
26 Mar 2008
U.S. investors have filed 54 global warming shareholder resolutions with U.S. companies, nearly doubling the number filed two years ago
Biggest US emissions rise in nine years
25 Mar 2008
The biggest hike in nine years in United States greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation occurred in 2007, a new analysis from the independent Environmental Integrity Project suggests.
Would the Soviet's planners been proud of Aussie's ETS?
20 Mar 2008
If you thnk the debate over emissions trading can get a little tense here, it can be characeristically colourful in Australia.
MAJOR NEW EPA REPORT: Emissions trading will cut emissions 56%, won't damage economy
19 Mar 2008
A United States' Environmental Protection Agency's report into the impact of the front-running Senate bill - introduce an emissions trading - says it will cut GDP by 1% only by 2030 - but see emissions fall 56% by 2050.
Forestry, agriculture may not be in Aussie ETS
18 Mar 2008
Agriculture and forestry may be dumped in the too-hard basket by new Labor Government Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, who yesterday announced a timetable for Australia to launch an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
Does Wal-Mart have a message for Air New Zealand?
18 Mar 2008
Wal-Mart is working to lead an effort by major global retailers to create common social and environmental standards for suppliers, a policy which might interest companies like air New Zealand, currently facing questions over its employment by a sub-contractor of lower-paid Chinese cabin crew.
Nordstrom going for recycled packaging
18 Mar 2008
Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc.has announced it will introduce new environmentally friendly packaging options for customers throughout 2008.
World's glaciers melting at record rate - UN
18 Mar 2008
With global glaciers - a vital water source for millions, or even billions, of people worldwide - melting at a record rate, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) urged countries to agree on a new emissions reduction pact.
EU e-affirms 20% GHG cut by 2020, new energy source goals
17 Mar 2008
European Union countries agreed at a two day summit, ending Saturday NZ time, to climate change goals that include cutting greenhouse emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2020.
Blair back on big nation campaign for bold global deal
16 Mar 2008
Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will lead a major new climate change initiative aiming to "break the deadlock" on achieving a global deal on climate change.
US states set goals for emission caps
15 Mar 2008
Massachusetts on March 11 became the latest US state to legislate for long-term greenhouse gas emission targets.
Sydney records most rain since weather station opened in 1858
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Sydney's wettest August in 27 years has tipped the city's recent climate into uncharted territory.
A call to merge the climate and immigration movements
Fri 22 Aug 2025
On Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary, a Louisiana native makes the case for solidarity.
Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.
Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country’s most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula.
What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?
Wed 20 Aug 2025
When climate change undermines the climate plan.
Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
29 Jul 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.
Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods rises to almost 400
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Torrential rains across the country's north have caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages.
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
13 Aug 2025
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.
Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.
Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds
Fri 22 Aug 2025
African countries have made binding commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To do this, they will need to shift to renewable energy and stop mining and using fossil fuels like oil and coal.
Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Many Indigenous and environmental leaders doubt the election will bring progress in stopping deforestation, wildfires or pollution in the Amazon.
Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
