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New Carbon Finance 27th March 2008France and UK to step up nuclear co-operationEurActiv.com Mar 27 2008 8:55AM UTC A two-day bilateral summit is to culminate today (27 March) with the signing of a new accord that will see France help the UK develop a new generation of nuclear power stations. New Carbon Finance 3rd April 2008Porsche challenges London congestion chargeReuters UK Apr 3 2008 8:15AM UTC LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Porsche launched a legal challenge on Wednesday to a tax on gas-guzzling cars proposed by London mayor Ken Livingstone who is campaigning for a third term in office. New Carbon Finance 19th March 2008Carbon Trading announcement and £30 million for public sector energy improvements: BennCarbon Yatra Mar 19 2008 12:07AM UTC All central government departments will be included in a pioneering emissions trading scheme that will also target emissions from large businesses including supermarkets, banks, hotel chains and department stores, UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn New Carbon Finance 12th March 2008China Defends Role in Climate ChangeYahoo! Canada Mar 12 2008 1:49PM UTC China Says Developed Countries Should Take Lead in Fighting Climate Change BEIJING (AP) -- China insisted that developed countries were chiefly responsible for global warming, saying Wednesday that critics of the country's soaring emission levels must New Carbon Finance 12th March 2008Gold Standard VER Registry launchedCarbon Yatra Mar 12 2008 4:30AM UTC Source: Mumbai (APX) APX, Inc., a platform provider for environmental and energy markets, and the Gold Standard Foundation have announced the creation of the Gold Standard VER Registry. New Carbon Finance 10th March 2008Tricorona, WWF Germany and Stockholm Environment Institute partner to compare voluntary CO2-offset standardsHUGIN Online Mar 10 2008 8:44AM UTC Tricorona, the Stockholm Environment Institute and WWF Germany have today released a joint report 'A comparison of Carbon Offset Standards'. The main conclusion of the report is that Gold Standard offsets from projects within the Clean Development New Carbon Finance 6th March 2008An energy efficient Ireland New report shows benefits far outweigh costsEgov Monitor Mar 6 2008 12:32PM UTC Economic benefit by 2020 - ?3.6 billion Carbon savings ? 6,300 million tonnes Speaking today at Energy Forum 2008, Minister Eamon Ryan outlined the potential for the Irish economy embracing the new energy era. New Carbon Finance 27th February 2008New daily record - turnover of more than half million EUAsDeutsche Börse Feb 27 2008 12:26PM UTC February 2008, a new daily record was achieved in trading of EUA futures on the market for emission rights operated by European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and Eurex with 600,000 EUAs. New Carbon Finance 26th February 2008UK sets specific target to cut CO2 emissions by 26% by 2020Platts Feb 26 2008 4:28PM UTC The UK government has set a target to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 26% from 1990 levels by 2020, instead of a previous target range of a 26%-32% cut. New Carbon Finance 25th February 2008Virgin Atlantic flies Boeing 747 powered by biofuelNWCN.com Feb 25 2008 6:00AM UTC LONDON - Virgin Atlantic carried out the world's first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels. New Carbon Finance 21st February 2008Four nations, four cities take 'climate neutral' pledgeAFP via Yahoo! Feb 21 2008 3:15PM UTC Four nations and a clutch of cities and corporations unveiled a Web-based information hub on Thursday to help meet a pledge to radically de-carbonize their economies in the coming decades. New Carbon Finance 21st February 2008EU ponders greener products and consumer habitsEurActiv.com Feb 21 2008 8:18AM UTC The Commission has repeatedly delayed publication of its sustainable consumption and production strategy, an indication of the difficulties the EU executive faces in defining its approach to a highly complicated issue that affects a wide range of New Carbon Finance 19th February 2008Global carbon market set to explode in next decadeEurActiv.com Feb 19 2008 9:55AM UTC Analysts foresee a boom in carbon emissions trading by 2020 as the EU prepares to include new sectors in its Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) and the United States' accession to a similar system appears increasingly inevitable. New Carbon Finance 18th February 2008Norway mall offers shoppers greenhouse gas creditsReuters Feb 18 2008 4:31PM UTC OSLO (Reuters) - Half a kg of salmon; two kg of potatoes; a tonne of greenhouse gas reductions -- shoppers at one Norwegian mall can now buy cuts in their carbon footprint as they pick up their weekly groceries. New Carbon Finance 15th February 2008Major emitters eye long-term reduction goal before G-8 summit:U.S.+ Calibre Macro World Feb 15 2008 2:11PM UTC TOKYO, Feb. 15-(Kyoto), The U.S.-initiated meeting of the world's major greenhouse gas emitters will work toward reaching an agreement on long-term global goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before the Group of Eight summit to be hosted by New Carbon Finance 14th February 2008Energy saving most effective in CO2 cutting-reportReuters UK Feb 14 2008 7:18PM UTC For additional analysis on carbon markets and climate change policy please join the online Reuters carbon community here UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Squeezing more productivity out of the energy that industries, homes and vehicles burn is the New Carbon Finance 14th February 2008Ship CO2 emissions at 3.5 pct of global totalReuters Feb 14 2008 12:28PM UTC Annual carbon dioxide emissions from world shipping reached 1.12 billion tonnes in 2007, about 3.5 percent of total global carbon emissions, a scientific report by the world's top maritime body shows New Carbon Finance 13th February 2008Shipping emissions three times as much as estimated:Report AFP via Yahoo! Feb 13 2008 2:19AM UTC Carbon emissions from merchant shipping are nearly three times as much as previously estimated, according to a draft United Nations study leaked to The Guardian on Wednesday. New Carbon Finance 12th February 2008IFC to buy 550,000 carbon credits from JI projects in UkraineCarbon Yatra Feb 12 2008 4:09AM UTC IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ING Bank N.V. of the Netherlands have signed an agreement to help reduce methane emissions in Ukraine. New Carbon Finance 7th February 2008Russia, Ukraine next to trade Kyoto carbon creditsReuters UK Feb 7 2008 5:12PM UTC LONDON (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine will be the next nations to join, within months, only a handful of countries physically connected to a U.N. emissions trading scheme, a senior United Nations official told Reuters on Thursday. New Carbon Finance 4th February 2008Corus invests GBP60m in steel energy plantBBC Feb 4 2008 4:05PM UTC About half of the plant's energy is already produced on siteSteelmaker Corus is investing £60m at its Port Talbot plant to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the site New Carbon Finance 29th January 2008EDP's Energias do Brasil sells Germany's 3C Markets 1.5 mln reals of CO2 creditsForbes.com Jan 29 2008 9:40AM UTC SBON (Thomson Financial) - EDP Energias de Portugal SA's 62-pct owned Brazilian unit Energias do Brasil said it sold 1.5 mln reals (about 571 mln eur) or 122,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide credits to German company 3C Markets AG. New Carbon Finance 26th January 2008Iraq ratifies Kyoto Protocol on climate changeAFP via Yahoo! Jan 26 2008 6:35PM UTC Iraq has formally ratified the UN's Kyoto Protocol on climate change, according to a government statement seen by AFP on Saturday. New Carbon Finance 24th January 2008Wrap-up: reactions to EU climate and energy packageEurActiv.com Jan 24 2008 12:17PM UTC The CO2 reduction and renewable energy targets put forward by the Commission yesterday (23 January) have evoked a flood of reactions from member states, industry, NGOs and other stakeholders. EurActiv provides an overview. New Carbon Finance 22nd January 2008Germany versus the EU: Merkel Caught between Industry and the ClimateSpiegel Online Jan 22 2008 11:42AM UTC Last spring, Chancellor Merkel portrayed herself as the world's foremost fighter against climate change. With the EU set to pass a package of emissions regulations, though, she suddenly finds herself defending German industry. New Carbon Finance 21st January 2008Top scientists call on Government to adopt a tough target in the Climate Change BillWWF UK Jan 21 2008 2:06PM UTC January 2008 David Nussbaum, chief executive of WWF-UK, said: 'The Government has a unique opportunity to set an example to the rest of the world by introducing groundbreaking legislation on climate change. New Carbon Finance 21st January 2008Commission scrambling to finalise battered climate plansEurActiv.com Jan 21 2008 9:50AM UTC The Commission's services are engaged in intense negotiations to finalise controversial energy and climate proposals, which are under heavy attack from industry groups and some member states, who warn the plans could destroy Europe's New Carbon Finance 17th January 2008ANALYSIS-EU to stick to climate plan despite rival protestsReuters UK Jan 17 2008 1:39PM UTC BRUSSELS, Jan 17 The European Commission will spell out next week, over the din of protests from industry and governments as well as green groups, how it intends to cut greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change. New Carbon Finance 17th January 2008EU threatens 50,000 jobs with CO2 plan: German steelmakersYahoo! UK and Ireland Jan 16 2008 7:45PM UTC BERLIN (AFP) - The German steel industry warned Thursday of huge job losses if the European Commission went ahead with a new emissions trading scheme in its climate protection drive. New Carbon Finance 15th January 2008EU business blasts planned CO2 emissions auctionReuters Jan 15 2008 11:23PM UTC Europe's top business lobby attacked on Tuesday European Commission plans for implementing deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, saying that auctioning pollution permits could hurt industry in global competition. New Carbon Finance 14th January 2008EU members braced for emissions targetsJan 14 2008 2:37PM UTC BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU members are bracing for proposed greenhouse gas emission targets due next week as they fret over how much of the burden they will have to bear in the fight against climate change. Daily Telegraph 9th January 2008Energy woes before nuclear energy can help08/01/2008 00:01AM GMT | Richard Fletcher Energy woes before nuclear energy can help. Has Alistair Darling forgotten that he is no longer the Cabinet secretary in charge of Trade and Industry (or the Department for Business & Enterprise as his former ministry is now called)? The Chancellor generated ...read New Carbon Finance 9th January 2008EU: No Formal Notification Over Romania CO2 LawsuitLloyd's Jan 7 2008 10:12PM UTC LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission Monday said it has as yet received no formal notification from Romania that it is launching legal action over its carbon dioxide national allocation plan for 2008-2012 and that there are currently seven New Carbon Finance 9th January 2008EU emissions quotas too generous / Trading scheme may require major overhaulYomiuri Shimbun Jan 7 2008 7:04PM UTC The European Union's emissions trading scheme, seen as the bloc's trump card in reducing greenhouse gases, allocated several companies higher emissions quotas than they actually needed, it was learned Monday. New Carbon FinanceSeverstal secures 300 mln eur from EBRD to improve energy efficiencyInteractive Investor International Dec 17 2007 11:18AM UTC LONDON (Thomson Financial) - OAO Severstal has received a 300 eur long-term loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to help cut the energy consumption of its Russian steelmaking operations. Hungary to sell carbon credits to Japan Monsters and Critics Dec 17 2007 2:18PM UTC Budapest - Hungary will Tuesday sign a framework agreement to sell carbon credits to Japan, Hungary's Environment Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. RP links climate change deal with Austria ABS-CBN News Dec 17 2007 11:15PM UTC The Philippine and Austrian governments recently signed the first-ever bilateral agreement to cooperate on the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, considered a vital step to address climate change. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Set for Massive Reduction as Cement Industry in China Cleans Up Carbon Dioxide Output AZoBuild Dec 18 2007 4:15AM UTC But China has a waste problem as well as an environmental problem. The country produces more than one billion tonnes of waste a year, and the way in which it is treated is less than satisfactory. Cap and Share scheme would tackle emissions Environmental Data Interactive Exchange Dec 17 2007 6:05PM UTC The question of how Ireland can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions will be the subject of a research project carried out by Comhar Sustainable Development Council.
Poland sees EU flexibility on CO2 emission quota - The Telegraph 14th December 2007
Carphone blows hot and cold on global warming The Telegraph 13th December 2007
Industry is energised about climate challenge The Guardian 10th October 2007Boost for carbon trading auction scheme Mark Milner Britain is to push ahead with reforms to the carbon emissions trading system - a key part of the EU's battle against climate change, Alistair Darling said yesterday. Mr Darling said the government was planning to step up the use of the auction process in the allocation of carbon allowances which permit companies such as power generators, cement makers and steel producers, to Daily Telegraph 9th October 2007Chocolate bars to carry Carbon Footprint09/10/2007 01:20PM BST | Josephine Moulds 
to persons and businesses arising from climate change include regulatory risk, physical risk, changes to purchasing practices and so on." As a result, he said the financial services sector would have to include the possible impact of climate change in ...read The Financial Times 25th April 2007Industry caught in carbon ‘smokescreen’By Fiona Harvey and Stephen Fidler in London Published: April 25 2007 22:07 Daily Telegraph 21st Aug 2007It's no breeze making switch to wind power21/08/2007 00:01AM BST | Christine Webb 
during a power cut." At £1,498, including installation, the windmill seems good value, and may attract a 30 per cent grant. Wind speeds have been increased by global warming, and the British Wind Energy Association says the UK could become a world leader ...read Daily Telegraph 20th Aug 2007Solar photovoltaic panels could lead to cheques from your electricity supplier20/08/2007 05:00PM BST | David Waller
in Iran and Iraq for 10 years carrying out archaeological digs. "It didn't seem fair that the lives of the nomads in the area were being destroyed by the impact of global warming when they were not causing the problem. ...read Daily Telegraph 10th Aug 2007The carbon footprint of Polish plumbers10/08/2007 00:01AM BST | David Millward
The carbon footprint of Polish plumbers. Every August, flying becomes a battle. If we're not fighting our way to the departure gate, we're fighting for our luggage. But this year there will be a few thousand different people on the battlefield, otherwise ...read Daily Telegraph 10th Aug 2007The low-carbon economy10/08/2007 00:01AM BST | Andrew Cave 
The low-carbon economy. What does a truly low-carbon economy look like and what does the UK need to do to become one? Andrew Cave explains Responsible businesses are reducing their carbon footprints and lowering their impact on the environment but transforming ...read Daily Telegraph 9th Aug 2007Earthlog09/08/2007 05:00PM BST | Fred Pearce
million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually. That makes it Britain's second biggest global warmer - after Drax power station. And now BAA is talking about a SIXTH terminal. Will I be at the protest? I fear that until I mend my ways it ...read Daily Telegraph 9th Aug 2007Global warming forecast predicts rise in 201409/08/2007 07:00PM BST | Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Global warming forecast predicts rise in 2014. Here is the climate forecast for the next decade; although global warming will be held in check for a few years, it will come roaring back to send the mercury rising before 2014. Overall warming trend is driven ...read Daily Telegraph 8th Aug 2007Extreme weather warnings pre-empted floods08/08/2007 00:30PM BST | staff and agencies
predicted that global warming would lead to an increase in extreme weather events. “The start of the year 2007 was a very active year in terms of extreme climatic and meteorological events,” said Omar Baddour, a climatologist with the World Meteorological ...read Daily Telegraph 7th Aug 2007Al Gore alleges climate change misinformation07/08/2007 05:00PM BST | agencies
Al Gore alleges climate change misinformation. A huge public misinformation campaign funded by some of the world's largest carbon polluters is aimed at disputing the scientific consensus on global warming, former US Vice President Al Gore has claimed. ...read Daily Telegraph 31st July 2007Buying local and fair trade don't mix31/07/2007 03:40PM BST | Fred Pearce 
and productive. Yet greens want to ostracise these farmers, because of the carbon footprint of importing their produce. I don't deny the carbon footprint of the 747s packed with beans that fly every night from Nairobi to Heathrow. But it turns out that ...read Daily Telegraph 23rd July 2007BA attacked for 'risible' carbon offsetting23/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Paul Eccleston
to cut their own carbon footprint; Airlines must make it easier for passengers to buy offsets; The Government should compel the most carbon-intensive businesses to offer offset services; Individuals should be given a compulsory-choice option for offsetting ...read Daily Telegraph 27th July 2007Beyond energy efficiency27/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Andrew Cave 
to reducing products' carbon levels over two years. If the carbon footprint of a product with a carbon reduction label does not fall over a two-year period, the label is withdrawn. But why should businesses be worrying about carbon footprints? Carbon Trust ...read Daily Telegraph 16th July 2007Want to be green and happy? Move to Iceland16/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Paul Eccleston
consumption are very low or high. Its main findings included: Europe is less carbon efficient now than it was 40 years ago in delivering relatively long and happy lives for its citizens. Its carbon footprint is growing rather than shrinking. Europe is ...read Daily Telegraph 5th July 2007Arnie's aides 'undermining green policy'05/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles
aides were interfering with the board's enactment of aggressive climate change policies he has touted across the world. They spoke out after the board, an independent agency, voted to ask the federal government for an 11-year extension to the deadline,...read The Guardian 3rd July 2007MPs: Climate bill should go further The climate change bill does not go far enough in cutting emissions, a panel of MPs warned today.Daily Telegraph 3rd July 2007Public 'in denial' about climate change03/07/2007 00:05AM BST | Paul Eccleston Public 'in denial' about climate change. The UK is in denial about the consequences of global warming, new research reveals. There was reluctance among the public to change their lifestyles Although the majority of people accept the climate is changing, ...read Daily Telegraph 2nd July 2007Live Earth set to change world on climate02/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Paul Eccleston
under the Make Poverty History banner. But both could be dwarfed by the latest attempt to address a global audience - this time focusing on climate change - once again using rock concerts as a conduit. Live Earth could attract as many as half the people, ...read Daily Telegraph 2nd July 2007Carbon Trust hits back over small firms02/07/2007 00:01AM BST | Richard Tyler Carbon Trust hits back over small firms. The body paid by the Government to help firms reduce their carbon emissions has hit back at criticism from the British Chambers of Commerce that it is failing small businesses. David Frost: Carbon Trust had "failed"...read
Daily Telegraph 26th June 2007Charles cuts the carbon, but gets £1m pay rise27/06/2007 00:01AM BST | Caroline Davies 425-tonne carbon footprint by paying £10 per tonne of CO² to the offsetting agency Climate Care. But, as almost a third of his footprint is from official travel, the cost of offsetting that portion will be borne by the taxpayer. The cut in CO² emissions...read
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