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25th June 2008 Bang
for your Buck
Joseph Romm, of the Center for American Progress, has argued that
efforts to set a global price on carbon would be better spent on
the rapid use of low carbon technologies.
25th June 2008 British
Summertime
UK energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has revealed plans for a concerted
push to increase the number of homes with solar water heating. Up
to one quarter of all homes could be included.
8th June 2008 Pop
Go the Targets
Kerri Smith of Nature has highlighted the risk that the projected
human population of 9 billion by 2050 will destroy efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.
8th June 2008 Worthy
Additions?
The BBC's World Service has revealed that some projects aimed at
cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Development Mechanism
fail the key test of additionality.
8th June 2008 Filibustered
The Warner-Lieberman Bill, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emission
in the US via caps and tax relief, has been blocked in Congress
by so-called filibuster tactics.
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