Our planet has been ruthless to some of the species living on it over the long years of its existence. Extinction events and evolutionary bottlenecks have almost wiped out life on Earth on several occasions, but the culprit has always been nature. Now, it's humans. Excessive hunting and increased pollution are d... |
4 December 2009
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The clean development mechanism (CDM) is an instrument created by the United Nations to serve as a carbon trading system for a number of countries. Today, a top climate executive in China denied allegations made about the country by several other states, which said that it was more or less getting a free ride within ... |
12 June 2009
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Over the last year or so, the Australian government attempted to create a set of environment bills that would ensure that the country took an active part in fighting global warming and climate change. Poll results showed that the population wanted their representatives to do so, but it would appear that the big indus... |
27 May 2009
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In an unexpected move, four of the world's largest airline companies have “banded” together to back up a global emission-trading scheme and to also make recommendations to the United Nations policy-making teams on how the changes and new laws are to be implemented. Representatives from British Airway... |
6 April 2009
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On Monday, sources within the Japanese team handling the agreement announced that the first government-to-government carbon trading scheme was about to be sealed this week, between representatives of Ukraine and Japan. The Asian nation will be the one buying the rights to pollute from its Eastern European counterpart... |
16 March 2009
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Big businesses and conservative politicians have again launched a campaign seeking to deter the Australian government from sticking to its 2010 deadline for the introduction of the carbon trading system. They say that the goal is unrealistic in the new economic downturn, and that the authorities should consider 2012 ... |
26 February 2009
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Australia recently made public its plans for tackling climate change for the next 10 to 11 years, setting new goals for reducing carbon emissions throughout the nations. The country is still heavily reliable on coal for its electricity, and politicians agree that now is not the time for the delays requested by the in... |
15 December 2008
08:19 GMT |
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