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42% of UK population unaware of carbon capture and storage poll
2013-07-16 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The scale of the task for the UK energy industry of getting carbon capture and storage technology off the ground was revealed on Tuesday nearly half of the population has never even heard of the technology, let alone have an opinion on it. About 42% of people had no knowledge of CCS, which is posited by the government's climate advisers as a way of helping the UK take carbon out of electricity generation, while continuting to use fossil fuels such as gas, within the next two decades. There are...
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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn
2013-07-16 04:52:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australian PM Kevin Rudd says plans to scrap an unpopular carbon tax will cost A$3.8bn ($3.5bn; 2.3bn), but says families will be better off.
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Kevin Rudd outlines plan to 'terminate' the carbon tax in 2014
2013-07-16 04:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Kevin Rudd has "terminated' the fixed-price carbon tax from July 2014, but Labor's carbon pricing laws are still likely to require a tougher emissions reduction target than the minimum 5% by 2020. The immediate focus of the prime minister's announcement that he would "terminate the carbon tax' will be the short-term price relief for businesses and households as the carbon price falls in July next year from from the legislated $25 in 2014-215 to a floating price the government says will be around...
Australia plans to scrap carbon tax, bring forward trading scheme
2013-07-16 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's government moved on Tuesday to scrap its carbon tax and bring forward an emissions trading scheme a year earlier than planned, a policy shift certain to be a focal point in an election likely to be held within weeks. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he wants the fixed price on carbon emissions to end on June 30, 2014. A floating carbon price, or emissions trading scheme (ETS) that will be linked to the European carbon market, will start the following day. Rudd said the change would...
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High carbon dioxide spurs wetlands to absorb more carbon
2013-07-16 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Under elevated carbon dioxide levels, wetland plants can absorb up to 32 percent more carbon than they do at current levels, according to a 19-year study published in Global Change Biology from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md. With atmospheric CO2 passing the 400 parts-per-million milestone this year, the findings offer hope that wetlands could help soften the blow of climate change. Plant physiologist Bert Drake created the Smithsonian's Global Change Ecological...
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