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Australia: The real politics behind a floating price on carbon
2013-07-14 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Starting a "floating" carbon price one year early is not such a big deal, really. The fact that every political party is screaming about it just proves how twisted the politics of this issue has become. For Kevin Rudd, it's a way to reboot a debate Labor has been comprehensively losing, and provide businesses and households with some very short term cost relief. The $3 billion or more the government now has to find in budget savings is the same amount business won't have to pay for carbon permits...
Trees Using Water More Efficiently Due To Increase in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
2013-07-14 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science World Report: A paper published online in the journal Nature Wednesday, examines how a dramatic change in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels makes trees thriftier with water. It is a known fact that atmospheric carbon dioxide boosts the growth of plants. To state that carbon dioxide is an important plant food is not a new argument. Many experts have expressed concerns over the fate of forests in the face of climatic changes taking place because such alterations directly and indirectly affect the growth and productivity...
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Australia: Rudd Seeks to Ditch Carbon Tax With Eye on Election Campaign
2013-07-14 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd plans to accelerate Australias move to emissions trading, scrapping predecessor Julia Gillards clean-energy policy thats left the nation with the worlds highest carbon price. Rudd seeks to bring forward by a year to 2014 the move to a floating price on carbon, Treasurer Chris Bowen said yesterday in an interview with Channel Tens Meet The Press. Australias fixed carbon price is four times higher than Europes. The move came as the ruling Labor party drew even...
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House Republicans ready attack on Obama's social cost of carbon
2013-07-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A House hearing next Thursday will provide a platform for GOP criticism of the White House decision to increase the estimated damages from carbon emissions that agencies use in crafting regulations. A subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is delving into the higher social cost of carbon estimate. Howard Shelanski, the top White House regulatory official, will testify at the hearing, a committee aide said. Shelanski heads the Office of Information and Regulatory...
UK government and industry to invest >$1.5B in Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) for low carbon vehicles; technology roadmaps for 5 priority areas
2013-07-12 16:30:17| Green Car Congress
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