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Opponents to European Airline Emissions Law Prepare Their Countermeasures

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:35:59 +0000

More than 20 nations agreed on Wednesday to coordinate retaliatory measures to protest a European Union law requiring airlines to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Canadian Solar to build factory in Japan: report

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:54:18 +0000

(Reuters) – Canadian Solar Inc plans to build a factory in Japan and is currently in negotiations with local governments in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, the Nikkei reported.

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Ontario won’t alter local content in green-energy

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:36:21 +0000

(Reuters) – The Canadian province of Ontario’s review of its pioneering green energy program will not alter controversial rules that require local content for all projects, the province’s energy minister said on Wednesday.

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Bunge Buys Climate Change Capital After Carbon Prices Plunge

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:52:44 +0000

Bunge Ltd. (BG) , the world’s second- largest oilseed processor, won approval to acquire Climate Change Capital, a London fund manager that manages the world’s largest private-sector carbon fund, after C02 prices slumped to a record.

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Unravelling the mysteries of airplane emissions

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:16:40 +0000

Airplane emissions make up about 3 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. DW looks at the science behind these emissions in light of new EU regulations.

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EU air emission law opponents agree counter measures

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:32:55 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Countries opposed to an EU law which forces the world’s airlines to pay for their emissions have agreed a basket of retaliatory measures but will leave it up to each country to chose among them, Russia’s deputy Transport Minister said on Wednesday.

Mosaic settles lawsuit over Florida mine expansion

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:03:08 +0000

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – Mosaic Co said it has settled a lawsuit filed by environmental groups including the Sierra Club that will now allow the fertilizer producer to expand a major phosphate mine in South Fort Meade, Florida.

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Tough rules sought to keep invasive species from Great Lakes

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:27:10 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Ships entering the Great Lakes should be made to kill all the creatures that hitch a ride in their ballast tanks, environmental groups said on Tuesday, challenging as too lax a proposed government standard to combat invasive species.

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EU Carbon Tax Regulations Likely To Be Accepted By Non-European Countries

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:04:09 +0000

By Gerard Wynn LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Once rhetoric surrounding a brewing “carbon trade war” has cooled, non-EU countries are likely accept charges against carbon emissions on their flights arriving in and departing from the European Union.

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Soil organic carbon could soon be key part of climate change talks

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:12:45 +0000

The top metre of the world's soil contains more than three times the carbon that is stored in the atmosphere. This carbon bank holds the future to global environment sustainability and could play an increasingly significant role in future climate change discussions and carbon trading.

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European Carbon Permit Price Rally ‘Won’t Last,’ UBS Says

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:05:46 +0000

The “carbon crash” will continue because the market is oversupplied by 2 billion metric tons and companies may sell allowances once they realize how few they need, Per Lekander, an analyst at the bank in Paris, said today by e-mail.

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China Would Regulate UN Carbon Credits at Home, Exchange Says

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:50:36 +0000

China probably won’t allow United Nations carbon credits in its cap-and-trade program unless they are approved by a domestic regulator, according to an official at the Shanghai Environment & Energy Exchange.

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Mexico, U.S. sign cross-border deep water oil deal

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:19:51 +0000

LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States signed an agreement on Monday to help U.S. firms and Mexican oil monopoly Pemex exploit deep water oil resources in the Gulf of Mexico that straddle the countries’ maritime boundaries

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Rains let loose land mines, shut Peru-Chile border

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:07:40 +0000

LIMA (Reuters) – Flooding rivers in Peru and Chile have ruined houses, displaced people, and turned up something more sinister: land mines, which closed the border between the two countries on Monday.

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It’s the carbon tax what done them both in

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:58:00 +0000

Gerard Henderson says Labor’s leadership agony is indeed caused by a policy dispute – but the trouble for Labor is that it’s not a dispute…

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Ecuador court rejects Chevron arbitration ruling

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:35:13 +0000

QUITO (Reuters) – A court in Ecuador has rejected an order by arbitrators that an $18 billion pollution ruling against Chevron should be frozen, but the judges referred an appeal by the U.S. oil company to the country’s Supreme Court.

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France asks EU to suspend Monsanto GM corn approval

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:04:09 +0000

PARIS (Reuters) – France asked the European Commission on Monday to suspend authorization to plant Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) MON810 corn, the environment ministry said, as the country seeks to keep a ban on GM crops despite losing court rulings.

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Fyfe attacks EU carbon tax on flights

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000

The European Union's inclusion of international airlines in its emissions trading system has come under fire from Air New Zealand boss Rob Fyfe amid talk it could trigger a trade war.The EU added flights to its cap-and-trade carbon…

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Russia could block airlines from emission trading

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may prohibit its airlines from carbon emission trading in protest against a European Union law it says is unfair, state carrier Aeroflot said on Monday.

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Rains lift hopes for Ivorian cocoa midcrop

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:23:54 +0000

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Rains picked up in Ivory Coast’s main cocoa growing regions last week, lifting hopes for healthier production volumes during the April-to-September midcrop, farmers and analysts said on Monday.

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