The FT has reported that the New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg is trying to convince investors to build wind farms in the Atlantic, and windmills on skyscrapers and around the ‘Big Apple’ to account for 10% of the city’s energy within 10 years. Billionaire oil tycoon and wind evangelist T. Boone Pickens has been looking [...]

The state of New South Wales in Australia is planning new energy-efficiency laws which will force emitters to reduce their carbon emissions, according to the Sydney Morning Herald:
“The state’s top 232 greenhouse polluters, ranging from Bluescope Steel to the Sydney Opera House, will be forced to cut their emissions from this year under new energy-efficiency [...]

The space for using CERs (Certified Emissions Reductions issued by Clean Development Mechanisms under the UN) is to be increased by December as the EU and UN systems that track carbon credits will be linked to facilitate emissions trading, according to the FT.
The connection will allow companies to transfer certified emission reductions … into [...]