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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

The Congressional Budget Office Says We Need A Price On Carbon Emissions

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thinks putting off efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions risks “catastrophic” losses for the United States’ economy and society. That’s according to a new report on the economic and environmental effects ... [Published Think Progress - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Congressional Budget Office, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, Emission

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Indonesia’s forests: Logging the good news

INDONESIA’S president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is not known as a conviction politician. Rather, his leadership has been characterised by compromise. On the environment, though, Mr Yudhoyono has been uncommonly courageous. In 2009, two years after world ... [Published The Economist HK - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Indonesia, Rafflesia, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Freight Company

FTA stages inaugural Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme Awards

The winners of the very first Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) Awards have been announced at an FTA conference.The LCRS Awards were set up to recognise the efforts made by freight companies in reducing their operation’s carbon emissions.Stewart ... [Published Fleet Directory UK - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon, Logistics, Freight Company, Carbon Emissions

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

China unveils details of pilot carbon-trading programme

Nation's first trading scheme in the southern city of Shenzhen will cover 638 companies when it begins next month China has unveiled details of its first pilot carbon-trading programme, which will begin next month in the southern city of Shenzhen.The ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Entities: Shenzhen, China, Carbon Emissions

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Eco-Friendly, Wood-Burning Stove Cuts Carbon Emissions In Half

Jaellis5 commented 11 minutes agoCrystal Heavers commented 19 minutes agoLearn in Design, Technology and LivingSwedish designed stove addresses the health and environmental problems of traditional cooking methods in the developing world. This energy efficient ... [Published Good Magazine - May 22 2013]

Entities: Carbon Emissions, Developing World, Pollution

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Carbon auction price rises

California's heavy industries spent $280 million on greenhouse gas permits in the state's latest carbon auction $ a sign to environmentalists that the controversial program is hitting its stride.The California Air Resources Board, reporting on the results ... [Published Sacramento Bee - May 22 2013]

Entities: Carbon, Rising Prices, Pollution, Emission

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Mobile App SootSwap Helps You Measure Reduction of Carbon Emission While Cooking

An app that can help Indians with adoption of clean cooking technologies, that is what SootSwap is. The mobile application, a project funded and supported by Qualcomm wireless reach program, will help to monitor use and incentivize the adoption of clean ... [Published Pluggd.in - May 22 2013]

Entities: Carbon Emissions, Mobile Apps, UK Department for International Development (DfID), Adoption

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

‘Global warming my gluteus maximus’: The Sarah Palin syndrome

Climate ProgressSarah Palin took to Facebook again this weekend, posting about her youngest daughter’s graduation in the Alaskan snow:One last blast of Alaska winter today, hopefully? This is what “Grad Blast” means in Alaska! We’ll move our graduation ... [Published Renew Economy - May 22 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Sarah Palin, Climate, Carbon Emissions

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

China proposes emissions cap for first time

The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time.Under the proposal China, which is responsible ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: China, Global Warming/Climate Change, Emission

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Aviation Industry is Optimistic about Framework to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2020

Senior officials from business and commercial aviation said they are optimistic that a long-sought worldwide framework to reduce aviation's carbon emissions could be in existence by 2020.A key negotiator for the European Union's Executive Commission said ... [Published French Tribune - May 22 2013]

Entities: Carbon Emissions, Framework, Aviation, Business Aviation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

'Sector-specific action needed to cut carbon emissions'

India needs to take sector-specific action and develop a mechanism to track the achievements in each area to achieve the goal of reducing carbon emissions, says a study conducted by WWF-India. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 22 2013]

Entities: Carbon Emissions, WWF-India, India

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Lower energy bills for 540,000 Scottish homes

More than one in five households in Scotland have received help to cut their gas and electricity bills in the last four years.According to new figures published today, more than 540,000 homes received over 629,000 free or subsidised installed cavity wall ... [Published Energy Live News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Scotland, Scottish Government, Carbon Emissions, Boiler

Quotes

Moniz was also quick to express his enthusiasm for solar and wind power during the town hall, saying, "I'm very bullish on solar, I think it's going to be a lot bigger than most people think sooner than they think." But it's his comments on natural gas, a non-renewable resource that is extracted through controversial means, that are sure to generate the most int...

New US Energy Secretary says natural gas gives us 'more time' to develop renewable power [Published The Verge - 36 mins ago]

Liberty Dwellers "Agenda 21, Smart Meters, The Truth About Banking in America and What in the world is Genetically Modified Food?"

VIEWPOINT/Smart meters and your health, safety [Published Fernandina Beach News Leader - 53 mins ago]

"The biggest threat to kiwi in this part of the west coast is not mining, its pests. And that is why we have negotiated with this deal $22 million with that we are going to be able to protect the habitat for Kiwi over an area of 250,000 hectares, a huge area compared with the area involved in this agreement, the end product of this agreement is a lot more spotted kiwi, a lot more blue duck, better protection for bats, for the land snail" he said

Minister 'ignoring' process over Denniston deal - conservationist [Published ONE News - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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If you really think its a planetary emergency t... [Published Decarbonise SA - 1 hour ago] I found this great piece in my inbox this morning from Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, who can be found at my Who gets it? page. It has just been published to the Wall Street Journal. It’s a great piece. Over the last several decades, the ...
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Audio/Video

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VIDEO: EU bid to cut carbon emissions falters [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Apr 19 2013]
IMF Calls on U.S. to Impose $1.40 Per Gallon Ga... [Published FOX Business - Video - Mar 29 2013]
IMF Says U.S. Should Add $1.40 a Gallon Gas Tax [Published FOX Business - Video - Mar 28 2013]
VIDEO: California to cut carbon emissions [Published BBC News Video - Science and Environment - Jan 01 2013]
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Press Releases

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Time to Seize Opportunity to Slash Carbon Emiss... [Published PR inside - May 21 2013]
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