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Carbon Market News: This Week
Saturday, 11 May, 2010
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Engineering News May 6 2010
South Africa’s Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk is front-runner to replace Yvo de Boer as UN climate chief, sources familiar with the selection process told Reuters on Thursday.
Business Week May 11 2010
European Union carbon dioxide permits rose from their lowest price in more than a week as European policy makers unveiled a USD 960bn loan plan to end the region’s sovereign-debt crisis.
Cape Town Journal May 2010
Open the home page of Cape Town Green Map, an online resource that’s aimed at encouraging people to make ‘green’ lifestyle choices, and you can barely see the outline of the Peninsula…
China Daily May 10 2010
China may start levying a carbon tax and further boost prices of fossil fuel for the next five years as a crucial incentive to cut greenhouse gas emissions and help realize green targets, a government-affiliated expert forecast.
Reuters May 10 2010
The White House said on Friday the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico showed the need for climate change and energy legislation, dismissing calls from a Republican backer of the bill to hold off.
stuff.co.nz May 6 2010
Westpac says it has begun to buy carbon offsets from New Zealand forest owners, with the aim of selling them to big polluting firms as part of New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The bank has approached about 600 foresters to pool carbon
Irish Times May 5 2010
Carbon emissions from Dublin city could be halved over the next 20 years, Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello has told an international conference of mayors, writes Olivia Kelly
Sydney Morning Herald Apr 30 2010
BILLIONS of dollars worth of green energy investment will melt away because of the delay in introducing emissions trading, as super fund managers put their assets elsewhere, they say.
Valere Tjolle
Valere Tjolle is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suite, special offer at: www.travelmole.com/stories/1142003.php
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