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Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest – New York Times

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New York Times

Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest
New York Times
What is more, it hopes to receive carbon credits for doing so under a United Nations program to reward nations for conserving forests and reforesting ...

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Carbon-credit dispute threatens new climate deal – Washington Post

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Carbon-credit dispute threatens new climate deal
Washington Post
At issue in the thorny dispute is the huge surplus of carbon credits that Russia -- the world's third-largest producer of energy-related greenhouse gases ...


Populate and perish, warns Labor MP – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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A Federal Labor MP says the Government’s push to reduce the size of Australia’s environmental footprint is not being helped by its population policy, which is continually adding more feet.


Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate.


Australian wildfire scheme said model to cut CO2 – Reuters

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Australian wildfire scheme said model to cut CO2
Reuters
... raised A$7.8 million from the government toward A$30 million needed for four extra projects, aiming to create a million tonnes of carbon credits a year. ...
Traditional indigenous fire management techniques deployed against climate changeEurekAlert (press release)

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Australian wildfire scheme said model to cut CO2 – Forbes

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Australian wildfire scheme said model to cut CO2
Forbes
... A$7.8 million from the government towards A$30 million needed for four extra projects, aiming to create a million tonnes of carbon credits a year. ...

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Ills of Rudd’s climate bills may be cured with time – Sydney Morning Herald

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Ills of Rudd's climate bills may be cured with time
Sydney Morning Herald
It is not widely understood, however, that because the scheme is open to the unlimited purchase of carbon credits from overseas, the world price of carbon ...

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Hockey meets Dutton amid leadership speculation – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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The bitter battle for the leadership of the troubled Liberal Party has stepped up today with Joe Hockey holding private talks with Queensland MP Peter Dutton in Sydney.


One burning question, no easy answers – Times Online

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Times Online

One burning question, no easy answers
Times Online
If they go over those limits they must buy “carbon credits” from cleaner companies; in other words, they pay other companies to be greener. ...


Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy.


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