According to a study by accountants, Grant Thornton, recycling glass may consume more energy than is saved (reported in the FT).
“Recycling materials such as glass can consume more energy than disposing of them in landfill sites, thereby increasing the production of greenhouse gases, according to a report on the waste management business published this week [...]

The Climate Change advisor to the UK Foreign Secretary, Mrs Margaret Beckett, has criticized the US Government’s climate change policy on his second day on the job.   This is only news because the UK Government so rarely criticizes US policy on any issue in public.
“The policy of the Bush administration on climate change has not [...]

Joz Cozijnsen at New Values Community argues that the currently high futures price for carbon emissions permits (20 euros per tonne for after 2008 compared to around 15 euros on the spot market) “shows trust in the carbon market for the longer term”.  Perhaps it also shows that traders believe there will be a shortage [...]

Issue 4 (June 2006) of Tendances Carbone is available for download.  This is the monthly newsletter of Powernext Carbon and the Climate Change Task Force of Caisse des Dépôts. The newsletter includes information on recent carbon emissions and energy prices, along with weather and economic activity indexes. (Link is to the English edition.)
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According to a report in the FT, the Carbon Trust has called on the EC to set a minimum price for carbon emissions permits.  They also want Governments to auction 10% of all permits.
“The Carbon Trust offers three recommendations: give all business sectors fewer free allowances than their projected ‘business as usual’; benchmark the allocations [...]