The the UK Department of Business, Environment and Regulatory Affairs (BERR) announces a competition for companies to build a full scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the UK. The project is to be funded by UK taxpayers under as long as there is a demonstration that long term capture of carbon dioxide is [...]

James Hansen, the head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, has said that our targets for carbon emissions reductions are not adequate, and should be cut further.
“Hansen says the EU target of 550 parts per million of C02 - the most stringent in the world - should be slashed to [...]

The Australian Government is considering a bold plan for carbon capture and carbon storage under the nation’s seabead, according to the SMH.
“The federal Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, said yesterday the plan was vital to making Australia a leading player in clean coal technology.
“Coal will continue to make a major contribution to Australia’s energy needs [...]

The British Government has been criticized by its own National Audit Office for using two different systems for measuring carbon emissions, according to The Guardian. Joined-up government indeed!
“Britain’s climate change emissions may be 12% higher than officially stated, according to a National Audit Office investigation which has strongly criticised the government for using two [...]

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 [...]