by Geoff on February 25, 2010
The carbon market’s slow pace of recovery is making investors upset as trading continues to be sporadic and buyers shift their focus between big volumes of low-quality credits or high-quality ones.
MF Global voluntary carbon chief Grattan MacGiffin told Reuters that “There are deals out there but you have the entire market going after them”. He [...]
by fredgrover on February 18, 2010
Norway designed a plan on Wednesday to attain one of the toughest climate goals in the world by setting up ways to clean up various industries like oil and transport to reduce at least 0.25% from the economy by 2020.
The project, dubbed as ‘Climate Cure’, was planned by state-run agencies to direct deep cuts in [...]
by Geoff on February 17, 2010
Texas announced Tuesday that it would challenge in court the authority of the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in the US– the most recent case in what could be a series of similar lawsuits.
Texas, the leading US state in carbon dioxide emissions because of its oil refineries and other industries, will experience a [...]
by Ali on February 3, 2010
The greenhouse gas emissions of the UK dropped by about 2% in 2008, according to official figures released today.
The estimates for 2008 indicated a drop of 1.9% in the set of six greenhouse gases as well as a 2% fall for carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas.
The drop was caused by the continuous use [...]