Blogposts tagged 'Emissions Trading'

Pigs take flight as airlines claim they'll cut emissions by 50%

Posted by jamie - 22 September 2009 at 12:54pm - 0 Comments

Startling news from Willie Walsh of British Airways who is preparing to lift the lid on a deal between aviation bosses to slash their emissions by 50 per cent by 2050. Wow, it seems like magic. Oh wait, it really does seem like magic - it's just some shifty sleight of hand as part of a PR offensive to persuade Copenhagen-bound politicos that airlines really do want to help with climate change.

Article tagged as: aviation, BA, climate change, emissions trading, transport, willie walsh

Conservative proposals for a low carbon economy - Greenpeace reaction and briefing

Publication date:  16 January, 2009

The Conservatives Low Carbon Economy paper published today is focused on three important elements of energy policy, relevant to the politics of the current energy debate. They are:

  1. Energy Security
  2. A policy beyond the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for coal
  3. Kick-starting Renewable Energy

In this briefing we analyse their policies and conclude that, whilst the Tory proposals are not the final word and can be improved, they do put the weakness of the government's position in focus.

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Article tagged as: conservatives, emissions trading, energy, energy security, low-carbon, renewable energy, reports

Greenpeace volunteers take on climate change with spades and shovels

Posted by tracy - 9 April 2008 at 10:55am - 0 Comments

Volunteers in new zealand plant trees to reforest cleared area

Our office in New Zealand has turned their hands to extreme gardening. The island nation is well known for its burgeoning agricultural industry and now the government is converting 25,000 hectares of forest into large-scale intensive dairy farms.

They are currently clearing in Tahorakuri forest on the central north island and the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry estimates that 445,000 hectares of forest are at risk of being destroyed and converted primarily for dairy farms. So our office there got their spades out.

Article tagged as: agriculture, C02, climate change, emissions trading, extreme gardening, new zealand

Why the European Commission should reject the UK's plan for Phase 2 of European Emissions Trading Scheme

Publication date:  29 June, 2006

Summary

The European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is intended to allow the EU member states reduce their CO2 emissions in the most cost effective way and in doing so fulfil their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. The scheme covers nearly half of Europe's CO2 emissions, and is seen as a key plank of both European and member states policy to tackle climate change.

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Article tagged as: climate change, EC, emissions trading, EU, europe, government, NAP, reports
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