The US Department of Energy predicts that world carbon emissions will rise by 75% by 2030, over the 2003 level, from 25bn tonnes to 43.7 bn tonnes pa, according to this report in the FT.  
“The EIA said that in four years, CO2 emissions in developing countries in Asia, including China and India, would surpass North America. Coal combustion, [...]

The UK energy regulator, Ofgem, is apparently assessing whether next winter is likely to see tightness in gas supplies in Britain, as it did last winter.  We saw the impact of this on gas prices, and on requirements that companies limit their gas usage in favour of householders.  See the report in the FT:
Steve Smith, [...]

Scientists in Australia have bred a cow which emits less methane than Nature’s model, according to this report!
“Another member of the research team, Andrew Alford, has calculated that even by the most conservative estimates, the cattle should reduce Australia’s methane emissions by 568,100 tonnes over 25 years - a 3 per cent reduction in the [...]

John Redwood, Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, has proposed that new, energy-efficient cities be built on reclaimed land currently offshore England’s south-eastern coast.  It might seem a wacky idea (from a man who was once called “The Vulcan”), but we should be taking all these ideas seriously.   
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According to a report in today’s FT, the British Government is to require all house sales from June 2007 to include an energy-rating:
The “energy performance certificate”, which each house seller will have to pay for, will give average costs for heating, hot water and lighting, as well as overall ratings for energy efficiency and carbon [...]