NewsRack: 'Emissions Trading' news in 'Climate Change' topic for user demo (1,939-1,959 of 2,115)

To beat climate change, breaking the mold isn't enough	12.1.2008	SFGate: Op-Ed
There's a big hole in the Kyoto Protocol: Airline emissions aren't covered. This emission omission has officials in California and Europe worried, so each acted recently to plug the hole. In December, ministers from 27 different countries agreed to cap carbon... ...
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UK goes nuclear amid row over bill	11.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Energy firms lured by incentives on carbon emissions and radioactive waste
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Labour goes nuclear but row erupts over who will foot bill	11.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Energy firms lured by incentives on carbon emissions and radioactive waste
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Cabinet short-circuits obstacles to building 10 nuclear stations	10.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
The cabinet yesterday ended nearly four years of tortuous internal debate and backed plans, due to be unveiled tomorrow, designed to entice the nuclear industry to invest in a new generation of 10 nuclear power stations in Britain.
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Patrick Bond \| From False to Real Solutions for Climate Change	9.1.2008	Truthout.com
Writing for Monthly Review, Patrick Bond says, "Amidst her welcome critique of the biofuel mania, Vandana Shiva's ZNet commentary last month (December 13, 2007) also made this point: "The Kyoto Protocol totally avoided the material challenge of stopping activities that lead to higher emissions and the political challenge of regulation of the polluters and making the polluters pay in accordance with principles adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio. Instead, Kyoto put in place the mechanism of emissions trading which in effect rewarded the polluters by assigning them rights to the atmosphere and trading in these rights to pollute."
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Biotech firm plans to fund GM rice crops with carbon credits	8.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Money paid by consumers and companies to offset their carbon emissions will be used to fund the planting of genetically modified (GM) crops under plans drawn up by a US biotechnology company
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Consumers may foot nuclear power bill	7.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Electricity bills could rise to cover the future decommissioning costs of new nuclear power stations, the Guardian has learned
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Consumers may foot nuclear bill	7.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Consumers may face higher electricity bills to cover the future decommissioning costs of a new generation of nuclear power stations to be announced this week, the Guardian has learned
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Soaring price oils wheels for green power	6.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Renewable energy investors are in the driver's seat as oil hits $100 a barrel, writes Tim Webb
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Q&A: Emissions trading	4.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
The European Union's emissions trading system, which covers greenhouse gas emissions from heavy industry, has entered a new phase. Mark Milner explains how it works
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Dot Earth: Paying the Cost of Climate Control	2.1.2008	NYT: Home Page
An eco-entrepreneur says climate control will be very expensive and a new approach is required to spread the costs of action.
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Up for grabs	2.1.2008	Guardian: Science
Environmentalists want an end to coal-fired power stations but that looks unlikely to happen any time soon. Is capturing and storing their emissions a realistic answer to climate change? James Randerson reports.
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Energy firms face tough year as new emissions rules bite	2.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
A combination of new regulations and tougher controls on emissions which came into force yesterday will make life tougher for Britain's power generators
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Up for grabs	2.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Environmentalists want an end to coal-fired power stations but that looks unlikely to happen any time soon. Is capturing and storing their emissions a realistic answer to climate change? James Randerson reports.
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Credit Suisse in carbon credit trading scheme	28.12.2007	Financial Times: Energy
Credit Suisse has formed a joint venture with EcoSecurities, which manages greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, to create the first structured product that...
Brian Tokar \| Toward a People's Agenda for Climate Justice	25.12.2007	Truthout.com
Brian Tokar says, "With all the fanfare that usually accompanies such gatherings, delegates to the recent UN climate talks on the Indonesian island of Bali returned to their home countries declaring victory. Despite the continued obstructionism of the US delegation, negotiators reached a mild consensus for continued talks on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and at the very last moment were able to cajole and pressure the US to sign on."
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Bali’s Business-As-Usual Mandate	24.12.2007	Common Dreams: Views
Following two weeks of climate talks in Bali that brought together nearly 190 countries and more than 10,000 delegates, observers and activists, it looks like there’s very little to show for negotiations that were less about urgent climate action than business as usual. The meetings were convened under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, [...]
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Airlines face EU pollution limits	21.12.2007	The Guardian -- Front Page
Science & environment: Landmark agreement brings aviation into union's emissions trading scheme
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Airlines face pollution limits after EU deal	21.12.2007	Guardian: Environment
Landmark agreement brings aviation into union's emissions trading scheme
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EU cap on air emissions	21.12.2007	BBC: World
EU environment ministers agree to include airlines in the emissions trading scheme a year later than MEPs wanted.
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