The Sunday Times sees hope for the planet, and many optimists around the world are having it their way this week.
We can see the start of true global cooperation on the environmental issue with the much waited support from the White House, thanks to the G8 summit this week.
Prospects for the Cap-and-Trade after the Kyoto [...]
From today’s G8 meetings in Germany, it seems the Bush administration is finally likely to conform to Europe’s aims on setting targets of 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 - although with Bush’s hesitation to agree on exact figures, they at least agree to create a significant reduction.
Furthermore the US is for the first [...]
British Power Chief Executive, Tony Hayward gave an interesting talk on BP’s recent projects and investments in new technologies to reduce carbon emissions and alternative sources of energy. He gives description of several other technologies, company targets and demonstrates enthusiasm and optimism in the Cap and Trade system.
We have reduced the carbon emissions from our [...]
The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has finally announced his Government’s intention to establish a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, but it will be implemented — not just yet. The stated reason for the delay in implementation is to allow time to study the economic impacts of emissions caps on Australian companies. Funny [...]
