Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category

The people’s view of the war on climate

11th 2007f July, 2007, Jon

Consumers International has teamed up with AccountAbility to assess the attitudes of US and UK consumers towards climate change in a survey to 2,734 people entitled: What Assures Consumers on Climate Change?
The result of this outlines, among many things how consumers in general think that companies do not do enough to prove how much harm [...]

Carbon Price Hits New Low

14th 2007f June, 2007, Jez

The price of carbon has once again hit a new low, closing today at just €0.16 - the lowest since the introduction of Carbon Trading began.
Will it continue to fall, could it reach zero? Only time will tell.
Technorati Tags: carbon, Carbon Trading

US urges new GHG limits

31st 2007f May, 2007, Jez

US President Bush is apparently urging other nations to join him in reducing GHG emissions.
In typically arrogant fashion, Bush has said that the US will hold meetings to decide on strategies, attempting to take charge of an already established system.
“The United States is in the lead,” he said.
“The world is on the verge of [...]

Summers: Steps to climate control?

29th 2007f May, 2007, Peter

Economist Lawrence Summers has presented 4 steps for climate control. He (or his newspaper sub-editor) calls them practical, but given the political will and multi-national collaboration required, they do not appear all that practical.
“First, the US must engage in an energy efficiency programme that takes effect without delay and has meaningful bite. As long [...]

Social networking for SMEs

9th 2007f May, 2007, Peter

The financial services company, Reuters, are currently trialling a social networking service aimed at linking small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with one another and with Reuters’ global network of journalists. The service is called Reuters Insight, and allows members to pose business questions to the network, and to make contacts. In our [...]