UPDATE to yesterday’s post:  Mr Blair’s office has clarified his position, and he’s now in favour of offsetting carbon emissions caused by air-travel.  
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A British Government minister, Environment Minister Ian Pearson, has launched a scathing attack on the airline industry for their intense lobbying against carbon emission caps being placed on airlines, according to a report in today’s Guardian.   The main targets of the Minister’s attack are the Irish budget airline Ryanair, Lufthansa, and several major American airlines.  Fighting [...]

In game theory, the Prisoners’ Dilemma refers to a game where two prisoners are being interrogated separately by an official, and where they will both be better off if they either they both confess or else if both deny the accusation.  However, if one confesses and the other denies, then the confessor will be worse off than [...]

The EU has announced tough cuts in carbon emissions targets for Phase II of the ETS (2008-2012), particularly for those countries which did not themselves propose sufficiently tough targets, according to this BBC Report.  Countries, such as the UK, who were tougher on their national industries in Phase I of the ETS, have this time escaped [...]

In the Queen’s speech yesterday, the British Government announced plans for new legislation to create a binding and tough target for a reduction in carbon emissions  — aiming for a 60% fall from 1990 levels by 2050 — and a new independent body, the “Carbon Committee”, to ensure these levels are achieved.  Here is the [...]