Archive for March 12th, 2008

UK Budget not radical

12th 2008f March, 2008, Peter

The first annual budget statement of British chancellor Alistair Darling is “unlikely to have much impact on emissions”, according to Fiona Harvey, the FT’s environmental correspondent.
“But the measures outlined in his speech fell short of radical change and are unlikely to have much impact on emissions.
According to KPMG, the measures announced on [...]

Chinese emissions

12th 2008f March, 2008, Peter

The greenhouse gas emissions from China may be far worse than previously thought, according to a study of provincial data in China. From the abstract:
“Our results suggest that the anticipated path of China’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions has dramatically increased over the last five years. The magnitude of the projected increase in [...]