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Stories about: carbon permits

Australia Backs Out on Emission Laws The Australian government seems to have succumbed to the increased pressures and threats coming in from the fossil fuel and mining industries. Their representatives have warned that, if the new set of legislations on regulating greenhouse gases passes, they would basically take their business elsewhere, rather than s... 4 May 2009 09:20 GMT Scientists Think Cap-and-Trade System 'Not Enough' According to a new policy brief, released only recently by climate experts at the Carnegie Mellon university, cap-and-trade systems alone will not be sufficient in ensuring that the United States lower their carbon dioxide (CO2) emission levels by 50 to 80 percent until 2050. This goal has been expressed by the White... 14 April 2009 09:10 GMT