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Explained: Carbon taxes, emissions trading and direct action – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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There are three key approaches governments around the world are taking in a bid to lower emissions: taxes; emissions- schemes (ETS); and direct action.


Europeans warn of ETS perils – ABC Online

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Europeans warn of ETS perils
ABC Online
Geoff Sinclair is the chief carbon trader at Standard Bank in London. GEOFF SINCLAIR: What we're looking at the moment is the price of carbon for delivery in December this year. OK, so if you want to buy a carbon credit for December, this is how much ...

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Carbon Advice Group targets ‘ethical’ investors – FT Adviser

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Carbon Advice Group targets 'ethical' investors
FT Adviser
Carbon Advice Group diversifies their client base by providing ethical investors the option to purchase carbon credits through a Sipp. This new initiative offers "an exciting product with broad appeal for the more thoughtful investor who wants to see ...


Feature: Pilot project for carbon trading in the Philippines gets boost with … – Philippine Information Agency

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Feature: Pilot project for carbon trading in the Philippines gets boost with ...
Philippine Information Agency
In addition, the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) concept might as well give flesh to talks in emerging international economics, such as carbon trading or carbon credit. And with the National Greening Program (NGP) of ...


CityRyde Gets Funded, and Methodology Validation to Turn Bike Rides into Cash – DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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CityRyde Gets Funded, and Methodology Validation to Turn Bike Rides into Cash
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
His company, Grütter Consulting, developed the methodology that allows the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogota, Colombia, to generate and sell carbon credits, amongst others. $375000 in strategic “smart money” from some top-notch investors ...

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Stricter EU emissions caps could hurt utility credit ratings: S&P – Platts

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Stricter EU emissions caps could hurt utility credit ratings: S&P
Platts
But in Phase III of the EU ETS, which runs from 2013-2020, electricity utilities covered by the scheme will no longer receive free allocations of EU Allowance carbon credits from member state governments and will instead buy all of the permits they ...

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Carbon Markets Showed Strong Growth in 2010 – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Carbon Markets Showed Strong Growth in 2010
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Figures announced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, showed that prices of carbon credits within the EU cap-and-trade scheme, grew by 6.6% over 2010. As the EU scheme comprises 80% of the overall global carbon credit market, this means that the remaining ...

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Canada dodges carbon bullet – Toronto Sun

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Utility Week

Canada dodges carbon bullet
Toronto Sun
Almost no one wants to buy carbon credits, which are the stock of carbon trading markets, with each credit permitting the bearer to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuels. The signs of a looming collapse in carbon markets ...
The ultimate guide to aviation's inclusion in the EU emissions trading schemeBusiness Green

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Canada dodges carbon bullet – London Free Press

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Sydney Morning Herald

Canada dodges carbon bullet
London Free Press
Almost no one wants to buy carbon credits, which are the stock of carbon trading markets, with each credit permitting the bearer to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuels. The signs of a looming collapse in carbon markets ...
Motorists exempt from carbon taxSydney Morning Herald

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Think again on carbon tax, Abbott tells economists

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has criticised Australian economists for supporting the Government's planned carbon tax and ETS.

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