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An influential committee of MPs is concerned Government policy for a unilateral carbon floor price will devastate UK industry. A report by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee the move will 'artificially raise electricity prices' and have 'no overall impact' on emissions. The report also argues the UK could ... keep reading
Written by Luke Walsh/ Edie News this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Politics & Government, Transport, Travel
Kristin Shrader-Frechette of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading
I warm to any writer who identifies the solution to climate change in the simple terms employed by Patrick Bond in his recent book Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below: leave fossil fuels in the soil, halt deforestation, transform our economies so that renewable energy, public transport and ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population
1. Previous Commitments and the Latest Science As countries approach the Durban Conference starting 28 November it is becoming increasingly clear that promises of action on climate change are drastically short of what the science warns is urgently required. Some developed countries are attempting to derail the agreed focus of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
The United Nations Climate Change Conference that will take place in Durban in 28 Nov / 9 Dec 2011 will bring together representatives of all Parties as well as international organizations and civil society. With a comprehensive agenda that follows the Bali Action Plan agreed at COP 13 and includes the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
In the global warming/climate change debate, two apparent sides are hotly wrangling about whether the phenomenon is real, whether it is caused by human activities, and – perhaps the most incomprehensible and dangerous argument of all – if carbon dioxide, or CO2, is actually a threat to the planet’s future ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in October 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading
According to figures published by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon, airlines which engage in the 2012 EU’s emissions trading scheme will jointly foot a bill that could rise as high as 1.1 billion Euros (€) in just the first year. This is equivalent to £953.17 or $1.48 billion ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in October 2011, about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Coal & Oil, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Travel
We have this last week said Goodbye to a truly remarkable woman, who did what was needed and became an inspiration to so many.We mark the passing of someone who truly lived what she believed. In 1997 she started the Green Belt Movement, which engaged rural women in extensive ... keep reading
Written by Bryan W/Vicki B in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Logging, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
The case for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions from human activity is not arguable. It’s undeniable. But what is arguable is the best way of achieving it in the working of a modern economy. Shi-Ling Hsu, a law professor at the University of British Columbia, argues for ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population
The politics of carbon in Australia is fraught it seems. As the Labor Party plummets in the polls Julia Gillard's coalition hangs by a thread, and it seems that escort services on the Union's credit card could yet mean that even this carbon price doesn't get enacted ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Carbon Trading, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution
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