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DUBAI (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
In one of the UN’s most important schemes for tackling climate change, auditing companies may have too many temptations to misbehave thanks to conflicts of interests reminiscent of the financial crash.
The European Union’s refusal to delay phasing out free carbon-emission allowances may drive up costs for refiners already struggling with a slide in crude-processing profits.
Tokyo’s carbon trading market, the first of its kind in Asia, could be a model for a national system as local governments show interest in the program, said Masanori Eto, a director at Japan Climate Exchange Corp.
The spot price of emission credits in New Zealand’s carbon market fell after low supply discouraged bidding, Auckland-based broker OMFinancial Ltd. said today.
Tokyo’s carbon trading market, the first of its kind in Asia, could be a model for a national system as local governments show interest in the program, said Masanori Eto, a director at Japan Climate Exchange Corp.
Tokyo’s carbon trading market, the first of its kind in Asia, could be a model for a national system as local governments show interest in the program, said Masanori Eto , a director at Japan Climate Exchange Corp.
The European Union’s refusal to delay phasing-out of free carbon-emission allowances may drive up costs for refiners already struggling with a slide in crude- processing profits.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – University researchers said on Thursday they recently found alarming levels of cancer-causing toxins in an area of the Gulf of Mexico affected by BP’s oil spill, raising the specter of long-lasting health concerns.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wants more countries to boost production of so-called rare earth metals used in clean energy technology products to break China’s monopoly on the supplies, a top Energy Department official told Congress on Thursday.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Archeologists have uncovered evidence suggesting that early humans braved cold temperatures to occupy highlands in Papua New Guinea 50,000 years ago in search of food.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A unit of BP Plc has agreed to pay $15 million to settle Clean Air Act violations related to fires and a leak at its Texas City refinery in 2004 and 2005, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York could reliably boost power generation from wind from the current 1,275 megawatts to 8,000 MW by 2018, according to a new study by the state grid operator on Thursday .
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Senate passed a law on Thursday that curbs mining on the nation’s glaciers, a measure praised by environmentalists but criticized by supporters of the industry as a deterrent to investment.
The European Union’s carbon trading system hasn’t provided the needed long-term price signal for investors to switch away from carbon-intensive technologies, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change said.
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Oil sands may not be the black eye on Canada that James Cameron asserted earlier this year, but the director of “Avatar” said after a high-profile visit that the energy resource could become one without more stringent controls on development.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Short-lived Tropical Storm Nicole triggered flash flooding that killed at least nine people in Jamaica and dumped heavy rain on Florida, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas on Wednesday.
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The hardships facing the pygmy rabbit of the western United States don’t warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina traded jabs over the environment, healthcare and jobs in the second debate on Wednesday of a close campaign.
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A shortage of berries and other foods that hungry bears normally rely on to bulk up before hibernation has sent conflicts with humans spiraling to unprecedented levels in the Rocky Mountain West.