Three major Chinese companies — China Mobile (the world’s largest mobile phone operator, with 420 million customers), Suntech (the world’s third largest solar energy supplier), and Broad Air Conditioning (a manufacturer of air conditioning units) — have agreed to join The Climate Group, according to this press release. This is good news for the environment, as [...]
The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is being connected to the EU Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and the UNFCCC International Transaction Log (ITL), according to a report in environmental-expert.com. The Kyoto Trading system from now on will allow governments and legal entities from around the world to exchange emissions rights and take [...]
According to tomorrow’s Sydney Morning Herald, each of the 10,000 Starbucks outlets around the world keeps a tap running continuously while the store is open. Drought-stricken Australians are not amused.
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Via a comment on an earlier post, we’ve just been alerted to a new Australia blog with discussions of carbon emissions and energy, CarbonSignal. The blog is sponsored by energy consulting firm, HAC Consulting.
Carbon Finance are running another carbon pricing webinar — a seminar over the web — on Wednesday 19 November 2008, at 14:30 UK time/ 9:30am USA EST / 15:30 CET. Booking details via the link.
