The New Zealand government today revealed key components of planned new emissions trading regulations, and launched parliamentary debate on a trading scheme Bill. Read more...
Within two years, Europe will have set a date for imposing border taxes on emissions-intensive imports from countries without a carbon price, a leading UK carbon expert has predicted. Read more...
New Zealand's Climate Change Minister, James Shaw, has ordered an independent inquiry into the country's international emissions reduction commitment. Read more...
The cost of capturing carbon has dropped by at least two thirds, and storage hubs can play an important role in sequestering it from multiple industrial sources, says Brad Page of the Global CCS Institute. Read more...
The NSW government should abandon or overhaul a Bill that limits the type of carbon emission conditions that can be imposed on new projects, a state parliamentary committee has recommended. Read more...
Fans and critics of a NSW government bill to limit the Independent Planning Commission's duty to consider carbon emissions when assessing new mines and gas fields agree on one thing – the proposed law is badly drafted. Read more...
