http://blog.carbon-360.com Carbon Emissions Trade Discussion and Software Tue, 13 May 2008 09:42:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The [tag]World Bank[/tag] estimates that the global [tag]carbon emissions market[/tag] was worth US$ 64 billion in 2007, of which $50 billion was the value of trades in emissions permits -- on the European [tag]ETS[/tag], in New South Wales, Australia, and on the Chicago Climate Exchange.    The full report is available here. http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/a-64-billion-dollar-market/ 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 ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/uk-ccs-plans/ James Hansen, the head of the [tag]NASA[/tag] Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, has said that our targets for [tag]carbon emissions[/tag] reductions are not adequate, and should be cut further. "Hansen says the EU target of 550 parts per million of [tag]C02[/tag] - the most stringent in the world ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/nasa-urges-further-cuts/ Today’s New York Times has published photographs of the [tag]hand signals[/tag] used by [tag]traders[/tag] in [tag]open outcry[/tag] trading markets. The signals are modeled by Raymond Carbone, an oil trader, and are those used on the [tag]New York Mercantile Exchange[/tag]. http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/open-outcry-hand-signals/ The Governor of the central bank of [tag]Australia[/tag], the Reserve Bank, has warned that Australians should expect to pay more for [tag]energy[/tag] once a [tag]carbon emissions[/tag] trading scheme has been implemented. Article here. "AUSTRALIANS must accept that [tag]emissions trading[/tag] is designed to make them pay more and lower their ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/australians-to-pay-for-carbon-trading/ The [tag] EU[/tag], World Bank and European Investment Bank announce the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF). The GEEREF will start by spending more than €100 million to mobilise large-scale public and private pilot projects in [tag] renewable energy [/tag] and [tag] clean technology [/tag] projects, particularly ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/eu-funds-renewables-and-energy-efficiency-initiatives/ The Australian Government is considering a bold plan for carbon capture and [tag]carbon storage[/tag] under the nation's seabead, according to the SMH. "The federal Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, said yesterday the plan was vital to making [tag]Australia[/tag] a leading player in [tag]clean coal[/tag] technology. "Coal will continue to make a major ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/australias-carbon-capture-plan/ The British Government has been criticized by its own National Audit Office for using two different systems for measuring [tag]carbon emissions[/tag], 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 ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/uk-emissions-up-or-down/ 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 [tag]emissions[/tag]. According to ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/uk-budget-not-radical/ The [tag]greenhouse gas emissions[/tag] from [tag]China[/tag] may be far worse than previously thought, according to a study of provincial data in China. From the abstract: "Our results suggest that the anticipated path of China's [tag]Carbon Dioxide[/tag] (CO2) emissions has dramatically increased over the last five years. The magnitude ... http://blog.carbon-360.com/archives/chinese-emissions/