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Australia: Emissions from energy generation jump most in 8 yrs after carbon price axed
2014-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Dark clouds: Carbon emissions from the power sector are back on the way up. Carbon emissions from the country's main electricity grid have risen since the end of the carbon tax by the largest amount in nearly eight years. Data from the National Electricity Market, which covers about 80 per cent of Australia's population, shows that emissions from the sector rose by about 1 million tonnes, or 0.8 per cent, at an annualised rate last month compared with June. That is the biggest two-month...
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Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week
2014-09-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the countrys popular center-left president Michelle Bachelet, partly to enact social reforms promised in her recent election. Though Chile has the highest per capita income in South America (near $20,000),...
EU carbon price set to average at 23tn between 2021 and 2030
2014-09-02 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A Thompson Reuters report on EU energy and climate policy has concluded that stricter regulations, based on proposed reforms to the European Emissions Trading System (ETS), will raise the EU carbon price to an average of 23/t between 2021 and 2030. Stricter regulation, argues the report, will force up the price of emission permits, currently valued at 6/t. The sharp increase in carbon price to 23/t is dependent on proposed reforms to the ETS that would limit the amount of permits available in...
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China national carbon market on track for 2016 launch
2014-09-02 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: China's ambitious plans to introduce a national carbon market remain firmly on track, after a senior government official indicated the planned emission trading scheme will kick off in 2016. Reuters reported this week that the Chinese government is planning to approve the necessary legislation before the end of this year, paving the way for the launch of a national carbon market in 2016. The news agency quoted Sun Cuihua, a senior climate official with the National Development and Reform Commission,...
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ClassNK and Nakashima install carbon fibre reinforced plastic propeller
2014-09-02 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Classification society ClassNK and Nakashima Propeller have successfully installed a carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) propeller on the main propulsion system of a merchant vessel.
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