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December 8, 2010 // By Andrew // 1 comment
Global investment in renewables to total $1.7 trillion by 2020 More proactive government policies could generate an extra $546bn of investment in clean energy, report finds Current policies among the world’s richest 20 nations will result in $546bn (£348bn) less being invested in clean
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November 17, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
As 2010 nears its end, the 10:10 campaign has very little idea of how well it is succeeding in its goal of getting organisations and individuals to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in a year. The best guess is that it will have
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November 17, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
California’s ‘green governor’ says leaders can learn from golden state’s example as environmental pioneer Arnold Schwarzenegger used one of his last big moments as California’s governor to rally regional and business leaders on climate change today, saying that together they had the muscle to
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October 28, 2010 // By Andrew // 1 comment
The government CRC scheme has changed to a green tax. That may be a sinsible move in the long run, says Peter Judge, but the lack of warning could serioulsy hurt some organisations Last week, the sustainable technology industry got a shock. We’d been
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October 5, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
2010 has been a bad year for the climate. Not just for climate treaty negotiations – few expect a deal in Cancún in Mexico this December after the failure in Copenhagen last December. But also for the carbon markets that ultimately depend on strong
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October 4, 2010 // By Andrew // 4 comments
Off shore wind farms cost twice as much to produce electricity as gas and coal powered stations and will need subsidies for at least 20 years, a major report warns. Britain’s so-called “dash for wind” means that it is now the biggest off
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September 28, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
The Environment Agency last month secured the first ever prosecution for a failure to meet obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Hairdressing supplies wholesaler Aston and Fincher of Pavilion Drive, Birmingham, pleaded guilty to 31 charges relating to failure to
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September 28, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
On Friday, the Committee on Climate Change was supposed to advise the government on how tightly it should cap carbon emissions under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme when full cap-and-trade is introduced in 2013. Except that it didn’t. It said
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September 24, 2010 // By Andrew // 2 comments
More companies foresee business opportunities that may offset the market risks of climate change, a survey by institutional investors found. Almost 90 percent of those responding in the survey of 500 of the world’s largest public companies identified “significant opportunities” from climate change, up
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September 21, 2010 // By Andrew // 12 comments
Wed 15 Sept 2010 – Finnair has launched a new revised emissions calculator that the airline claims is the only one in the world to be based on actual cargo, passenger and fuel consumption figures, not averages or assumptions. In the calculations, consumed fuel
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