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Genesis Energy intends to take its time before passing on to retail consumers the impact of the emissions trading scheme.The state-owned generator runs the country’s only coal-fired power station at Huntly, as well as gas combined…
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will see warmer-than-average weather from September to November, the country’s official forecaster said on Wednesday.
Sustainable energy now supplies just 6 percent of power in Australia. But the country has set a target of 20 percent by 2020, and is investing 20 billion Australian dollars for clean energy projects.
Key players in the carbon market and climate experts will discuss measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the country’s first zero-carbon emissions conference, to be held in Bangkok this week.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said next Saturday’s vote would be one of the “closest, tightest races” in the country’s history as she took the lead in neck-and-neck polls.
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 9 August 2010 at 08:30:00 New initiative aims to improve incentives for industrialised countries that provide low carbon technology to developing economies The Japanese government is to launch a scheme which will gain the country carbon credits for exporting low carbon technology to developing countries, according to a report on the Nikkei newswire over the …
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 9 August 2010 at 08:30:00 New initiative aims to improve incentives for industrialised countries that provide low-carbon technology to developing economies The Japanese government is to launch a scheme that will gain the country carbon credits for exporting low-carbon technology to developing countries, according to a report on the Nikkei newswire over the …
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s lower house failed on Wednesday to debate a bill that would ban mining and oil-drilling on the country’s Andean glaciers, angering environmentalists and supporters of the measure.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities struggled on Monday to help victims of the country’s worst flooding in memory, which has so far killed more than 1,000 people and prompted sharp criticism of the government.
The Australian Greens Party unveiled its biggest ever national election advertising campaign today, seeking to win enough votes in the Aug. 21 ballot to hold the balance of power in the country’s Senate.
Debt held against one of the country’s most emissions-intensive power stations, Loy Yang B in the Latrobe Valley, has been downgraded to one step above junk.
UNCERTAINTY on carbon policy has resulted in debt held against one of the country’s most emissions-intensive power stations, Loy Yang B in Victoria, being downgraded to one step above junk status.
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese troops evacuated thousands of people from their homes in the north of the country Sunday due to threats of flash flooding and landslides, as the death toll from Typhoon Conson rose to more than 70.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Tuesday proposed rules to force coal-fired and other fossil fueled power plants in the eastern half of the country to cut emissions that cause smog.
Tom Young in Sydney, BusinessGreen , Thursday 24 June 2010 at 09:34:00 New prime minister Julia Gillard pledges to “re-prosecute the case for a carbon price” Australia’s shelved emissions trading scheme was given a new lease of life this morning after the country’s new prime minister Julia Gillard vowed to ” re-prosecute the case for a carbon price”. Gillard was sworn in as the new leader of …
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s farming and tourism sectors could be hurt as climate change takes its toll on the country, fuelling food security concerns in what is already the world’s largest wheat importer, an environment official said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Monsoon rains, vital for farm output in India’s trillion-dollar economy, have hit the country’s southern coast as scheduled, the chief of the weather office said on Monday.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will aim to meet its five-year energy saving and emission reduction goals through 2010 ahead global climate talks at the end of the year, the country’s top climate negotiator said.
Bulgaria’s Environment Minister Nona Karadzhova admitted the government knew since September 209 that the country might be banned from carbon trading.