AN EMISSIONS trading scheme is likely to increase petrol prices by about 10 cents a litre, adding pain for motorists and challenging the Reserve Bank's goal of reining in inflation by 2010. As world oil prices continued their record-breaking run, ...
AN INTERNATIONAL protocol for carbon auditors is to be developed this year, with climate change experts saying there is an urgent need to adopt a uniform approach to the "hotchpotch" of methods in becoming carbon neutral. Only months after releasing ...
THE Federal Government will reform the unregulated carbon offsets market by the end of the year, in a move it hopes will restore credibility to the burgeoning but contentious sector. With this week's interim report from Ross Garnaut spelling out the ...
AUSTRALIA could, like Europe, experience a delay of investment in its energy sector unless details of the proposed emissions trading scheme are released quickly, people in the industry say. Uncertainty about the cost of carbon and economical ...
While both major political parties are on the hustings trumpeting their green credentials ahead of this month's federal election, a new report shows that Australia is still lagging behind many other countries in attracting investment in ...
Hop to it: time to switch from beef to kangaroo. "SKIPPY" could soon be on the menu for the climate change-conscious if they take note of a report showing a switch from beef to kangaroo could help cut greenhouse gases. A report by the director of the ...
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