Carbon trading ‘paid for by small business, car users’

In the land of the long white cloud, the Emissions Trading Scheme that sprung from the loins of the Kyoto Protocol is about as popular as windypops in an enclosed lift. The country's Sustainability Council has put on its thinking cap, chewed the end of its biro, done a bit of number crunching and come…

ByThe Global ViewMay 1, 20080Comments

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Shell threatens to end European investment

Shell is shaping up to be the kind of oil company that, if it doesn't get its own way, will hold it breath until it turns a slightly odd colour in the hope its indulgent parents will cave in and let it have its own way. It probably took its ball home after it wasn't…

ByThe Global ViewApril 14, 20080Comments

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Polluters get windfall from carbon trading

Dammit. The EU must be feeling a bit like the superhero battling a supervillian when the energy from the laser weapon he uses is eaten up by the supervillain and only serves to make him stronger than he was to start off with. Sort of. Apparently, the European carbon emissions trading system will actually see big…

ByThe Global ViewApril 9, 20080Comments

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Aussie carbon trading spawns new ventures

Better late than never eh? After previous Aussie PM John Howard was somewhat standoffish on the environment, new head of state Kevin Rudd has ratified Kyoto and is set to bring in a carbon trading scheme no later than 2010, with the details of how this will all work scheduled for the end of this…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 24, 20080Comments

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World Bank gets into carbon swapping game

Carbon is the new Panini stickers - it looks like everyone's up for trading these days (Greenbang has the shiny foil ones - they're worth more). The latest to jump on the "got, got, need, got, swap," bandwagon is the World Bank's lender, International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC has come up with a carbon trading…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 20, 20080Comments

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Carbon trading ‘paid for by small business, car users’

Shell threatens to end European investment

Polluters get windfall from carbon trading

Aussie carbon trading spawns new ventures

World Bank gets into carbon swapping game

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