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Joyce denies split with ‘no-policy’ Turnbull – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Nationals Senate Leader Barnaby Joyce denies he has opened up a split within Coalition ranks over the Government’s scheme.


The Business Of Tracking Carbon – Forbes

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The Business Of Tracking Carbon
Forbes, NY
But since the recession and credit crunch hit, many of those ambitious projects have been put on hold; it's nearly impossible to get financing for such plants. So many investors are focusing on the "demand" side of energy and backing start-ups that ...

California forests hold one answer to climate change – Los Angeles Times

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California forests hold one answer to climate change
Los Angeles Times, CA
"The timber industry wants 'business as usual' practices, like clear-cutting, to qualify for carbon credit." But groups represented on the task force, including the Environmental Defense Fund, the Nature Conservancy and Pacific Forest Trust, ...

These boots are made for hawkin' – The Australian

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These boots are made for hawkin'
The Australian, Australia
C-Quest will look at opportunities to create carbon credits -- potentially from reforestation, native forest management, revegetation, grazing land management and crop land management -- that it will then monetise and trade. ...

Enough with the smoke and mirrors – The Age

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Enough with the smoke and mirrors
The Age, Australia
Treasury modelling of the likely response by miners to this legislation suggested the reduction in domestic permits would be offset by the purchase of carbon credits mainly from PNG and Indonesia at a fraction of the price and with dubious provenance. ...

Cap and trade confusion – Toronto Sun

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Cap and trade confusion
Toronto Sun,  Canada
Nowhere did it come close to explaining what a cap-and-trade market is -- essentially a stock market in which the stock is a "carbon credit," allowing the bearer to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide. Nor did he explain that by imposing a completely new ...

Ag is vital to climate policies – In-Forum

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Ag is vital to climate policies
In-Forum, ND
If EPA alone is responsible for addressing GHGs, the agency may well create a regulatory scheme that would not factor in the agricultural carbon credit benefits available (and already in use), and instead employ policies that would only increase ...

Govt ‘determined’ to pass emissions trading laws – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says she is still hopeful of convincing crossbench senators to support the Government’s emissions scheme.


The great carbon credit con: Why are we paying the Third World to … – Daily Mail

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The great carbon credit con: Why are we paying the Third World to ...
Daily Mail, UK
Here traders sell our planet's future in the form of carbon credits. These are part of international attempts to limit greenhouse gases, and each credit represents a ton of CO2. Companies that cut their emissions gain credits. If, on the other hand, ...

Banks: Gearing Up for Carbon Trading – BusinessWeek

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Banks: Gearing Up for Carbon Trading
BusinessWeek
Those restrictions—which even the most vocal opponents see as inevitable—would create a national market for buying and selling carbon credits, permits to emit greenhouse gases. Analysts figure rules will be in place by 2013, and carbon trading could ...

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