Tag: carbon emissions
Estonia to Retract Pledge on Wind Energy Subsidy Limits
Estonia will keep an annual cap on the volume of wind energy eligible for subsidies, retracting a pledge to [...]
Top Senate lawmakers see chance to revamp US energy policy
The United States needs to update its energy policy to reflect the boom in natural gas and oil production [...]
Mexico signs Climate Change law
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law climate change legislation that will bind the country to significant cuts [...]
South Korea’s new climate law signals global momentum to curb climate change
By Jennifer Andreassen South Korea’s new climate law will establish a cap-and-trade system covering about 60 percent of the [...]
Massachusetts: Solar energy bill advances in Legislature
The state Legislature’s Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee this week advanced a clean energy bill that would increase the [...]
China to tax carbon emissions by 2015
China looks set to impose a direct tax on its largest greenhouse gas emitters by 2015, according to reports [...]
Pakistan: National energy policy
Reportedly, recommendations have been made to PM to increase gas prices by 34 percent from January 2012, impose levy [...]
CA: ARB passes final regulations for cap-and-trade program
After months of CEQA litigation and political lobbying, including an appeal to the California Supreme Court (previous article can [...]
Renewable energy target: a critical policy for Australia
The Renewable Energy Target is a critical policy that will help Australia develop natural clean energy advantages and reduce [...]
California: Greenhouse gas law aides state’s clean tech growth
California voters did the right thing last November when they rejected an effort to kill AB 32, our state’s [...]