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Airline Industry Favors Global Carbon Offsets

May 14, 2013May 14, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The International Air Transport Association yesterday said the industry prefers a global carbon offsetting system that involves buying carbon credits rather than an industry-wide cap-and-trade system, Reuters reports. A group of high-level aviation industry representatives from 17 countries is working with the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to develop ... Read more »

EU Adopts Green Infrastructure Strategy

May 14, 2013June 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The European Commission has adopted a strategy to promote green infrastructure by enhancing biodiversity in urban areas. The EC says the strategy will create new jobs, provide economic benefits and be a key step in implementing the European Union’s 2020 goals to protect biodiversity and ecosystems. To achieve these goals, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Obama-Utility Meeting, Efficiency Bill, EPA in Court

May 8, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

President Obama will meet with electric utility CEOs and power industry trade associations today to discuss lessons learned and actions taken since Hurricane Sandy, with an eye on the upcoming hurricane season, the Hill reports. The EPA yesterday defended its climate change regulations in two cases at the US Court of Appeals, GreenWire reports. ... Read more »

EU Carbon Prices Post Biggest Weekly Gain

May 6, 2013May 6, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

European carbon prices surged to their biggest-ever weekly gain on Friday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU should take action on a plan to postpone the supply of permits. The December futures contract advanced 22 percent since April 26, closing at €3.78 ($4.98) a metric ton on London’s ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Bee Report, Post-Sandy Aid, Energy Contracts Urged

May 3, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR, pictured) has urged President Obama’s administration to contract for the remaining $1.5 billion in energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) by the end of 2013. Obama committed the federal government in December 2011 to spend $2 billion on energy upgrades via ESPCs, as part of the ... Read more »

Carbon Trading ‘to Grow 14%’ in 2013

March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 by Leon Walker

The volume of carbon traded globally will grow by 14 percent this year, reaching 12 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent despite depressed prices, according to analysis by market intelligence firm Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. Most of this year’s growth in volume will come from the 10 billion EU Allowances that ... Read more »

GRI ‘Among Top CSR’ Instruments

March 15, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines now rank among the most widely recognized corporate social responsibility instruments among large European companies, according to new research published by the European Commission. In a survey of the public CSR statements of 200 randomly selected large companies, the GRI Guidelines were referred to by ... Read more »

SIN List of Harmful Chemicals Grows 66%

February 15, 2013March 6, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Non-profit ChemSec has added 249 chemicals to its Substitute It Now list, which names substances of very high concern. The additions expand the number of listed chemicals by 66 percent. With the additions, the Substitute It Now or SIN List consists of 626 chemicals identified as Substances of Very High Concern based ... Read more »

O2, HTC Find 82% of Customers Refuse Chargers

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Mobile network O2 and phone maker HTC found that 82 percent of consumers during a three-month trial opted for the greener option and bought a mobile phone without a charger. The “Charger out of the Box” pilot launched in October to test whether customers wanted a charger included with their ... Read more »

UN Climate Talks Roundup: EU, US Balk at Funding Pledges

December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The European Union and the United States refused at the United Nations’ climate talks in Doha to commit to concrete climate funding for poor nations, while India continued to balk at any agreement requiring developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. The UN climate talks, which got underway ... Read more »

Modest Hopes for UN Climate Talks

November 27, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The United Nations’ climate talks got underway Monday in Doha, Qatar with negotiators and experts expressing modest expectations for the two-week global conference, which will center on laying the groundwork for a new emissions cap-and-trade agreement as the Kyoto Protocol’s expiration looms. The negotiations leading up to Doha have been ... Read more »

EU Suspends Aviation Emissions Rules

November 13, 2012July 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The European Commission has suspended its carbon emissions laws on flights taking off or landing from EU member states. The move follows a decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization last week to consider a global market-based mechanism — such as carbon trading — to encourage airlines to cut their emissions. ... Read more »

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