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Mining - Govt extends submission period

The government has announced the extension of submissions on mining in conservation areas until 5pm on 26 May. The process outlined in the discussion paper Maximising our Mineral Potential: Stocktake of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act and beyond was originally due to end on May 4. But Gerry ... keep reading

Written by Andy Kenworthy in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Celebrities, Children and Families

Research casts doubts on carbon capture and storage

New research from the U.S. is “threatening to blow a hole” in support for carbon capture and storage – touted as a tool to combat climate change - just as a number of governments worldwide are poised to pour money into the concept, reports The Guardian. Carbon capture and storage (CCS ... keep reading

Written by Lynda Brendish in April, about Carbon Sequestration (3 comments)

How to Treat Carbon Like Sewage

I was recently lucky enough to Wally Broecker and Klaus Lackner, arguably two of the most important men on the planet as part of the research for my book ‘An Optimist’s Tour of the Future’. Wally, a “towering scientist”, has played a crucial role in alerting us to, and ... keep reading

Written by Mark Stevenson in December 2009, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government

National snubs Labour, buys Maori support for watered-down ETS

Nick Smith announced Monday afternoon that National has cut a deal with the Maori Party to support an amended, watered-down emissions trading scheme. Key features (from the press release): Revised entry dates of 1 July 2010 for transport, energy and industrial sectors and 1 January 2015 for agriculture A transitional ... keep reading

Written by Gareth R. in September 2009, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution

Black Carbon and Ozone: Why it's not only CO2 the Matters

Reducing emissions of black carbon and ozone could offset the warming effect of up to three decades worth of CO2 emissions, according to an essay published by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California.  These two pollutants have been shadowed by CO2 in much climate change study but could ... keep reading

Written by Katherine I. in September 2009, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics

Cost of Emissions Cuts Overstated

A carbon price of $100 to $200 per tonne is being assumed to generate estimates that New Zealand households will face a $3000-a-year bill for cutting emissions by 15%. This carbon price is nearly two to four times higher than the price being used in Congressional Budget Office (CBO) modeling ... keep reading

Written by NZBCSD in July 2009, about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government

Kiwi Stars Sign on with Greenpeace

All roads lead to Copenhagen this year. Climate change is occurring at a speed previously not thought possible and we're running out of time to turn things around. There is a genuine sense of alarm amongst normally conservative climate scientists; they admit that they cannot keep pace with climate ... keep reading

Written by Nick Young in July 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government

New Research Shows Strong Correlation Between Carbon, Climate Change

In a paper released today in the journal Nature, a study conducted by H. Damon Matthews - a professor at Montreal's Concordia University's Department of Geography, Planning and the Environment - attempts to correlate global warming to carbon emissions. Matthews, along with fellow researchers Nathan P. Gillett, Peter A. Stott ... keep reading

Written by Jeanne Roberts in June 2009, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution

The Daily Dose: Your Guide to the World Today – 29 May 09

Here's the current cost of climate change: 300,000 deaths and $125 billion in economic impacts. Financially, that's already more than total global foreign aid, and those figures will only get worse, a new think-tank study under former UN head Kofi Annan says. Unsurprisingly, the most severe impacts ... keep reading

Written by Bruce Bisset in May 2009, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation

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