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Carbon deal hopes raised

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 25, 2009

HOPES of a global deal to reduce carbon emissions have been lifted by recent talks in New York.
However, it is unlikely that any cuts eventually agreed to will be sufficient to reverse damage to the Great Barrier Reef and the Murray-Darling Basin....

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Subject Tags: Environment

US seeks to bring China, India on board on Climate Change

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 24, 2009

Washington: The White House on Thursday emphasised on the need to have countries like India and China on board on climate change, which it said is crucial for success of the Copenhagen meet in December on the issue.“We have got to make progress and the international community...

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Coastal restoration and business interests conflict in halls of ...

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 24, 2009

Coastal restoration and business interests conflict in halls of Congress

By Jonathan Tilove
September 23, 2009, 10:11PM
A hearing room in the Capitol Visitors...

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UN offsets climate summit's carbon footprint

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 24, 2009

UNITED NATIONS -- Striving to underscore the importance of efforts to reduce global emissions, a team of U.N. officials figured out the amount of carbon dioxide generated by a daylong climate conference - about 450 tons - and purchased offsets to ...

Carbon tariffs will cost a lot and deliver little

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 23, 2009

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Carbon Disclosure Project: Con Edison Ranks Again as a Top Performer

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 23, 2009

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 23, 2009) - Consolidated Edison Inc. (Con Edison) has been
ranked the No. 1 utility by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in a
first-time measurement of companies' climate-change performance actions,
and also has...

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US may help finance emissions research - Key

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 23, 2009

The United States has indicated it would be prepared to financially back a New Zealand initiative to ramp up research into agricultural emissions, Prime Minister John Key says.Mr Key today had high level meetings with the head of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon and former...

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Subject Tags: Environment

UN chief encouraged by India's approach towards climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 23, 2009

Lauding India's commitment towards reducing its per capita carbon emission, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he was "optimistic" about achieving a deal on climate change at the Copenhagen summit in December. Ban said it was very important ...

Ahead of G20, climate change deadlock kicks up a flurry of proposals

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 22, 2009

By Jonathan Adams
Correspondent, CSMonitor

(AXcess News) - Several world leaders sounded off on climate change Monday, three months ahead of talks in Copenhagen seen as a make-or-break moment for getting a global deal on reducing carbon emissions.

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Subject Tags: Environment

China and India expected to seize initiative at New York climate talks

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 22, 2009

China and India appeared poised for bold new action on...

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