New Zealand Introduces New Emissions Trading Scheme

Last week saw New Zealand become one of only 29 countries worldwide to adopt an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The decision has been met with a mixed response nationally, with most people in agreement over the need for some regulatory steps to be in place,  but a general feeling that the new scheme fails to deliver enough of an incentive to large polluters to change the way they do business.

Below is an article from the New Zealand Celsias site, outlining some of the reactions to the new ETS.

Now that the emissions trading scheme has gone into effect, we …

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Bipartisan Economists: Legislation Beats Regulation

The president has called for bold legislative action to create a clean energy economy. It would be a tragic mistake if this legislation did not include the broadest possible carbon pricing signal….

It would indeed be regrettable if Members of Congress, who universally prefer carbon markets over command-and-control regulation, could not enact a bill that spares us such regulation and begins to solve the climate problem.

Those are the opening and closing sentences of a Roll Call op-ed coauthored by economist Richard Schmalensee, director of MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, who served on President George H …

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Robots begin bid to contain Gulf leak

Robots manipulated by engineers began work Saturday removing the cap over the gushing well head in the Gulf, the first part of a plan to contain the spill by Monday.

Robotics – History – Environment – Spill Containment and Remediation – Gulf of Mexico
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Gramercy Tavern’s Chef Mike Anthony Talks Truffles, Tomatoes, and the Real Cost of Food

photo: Ellen Silverman

When I first started to watch this interview I must admit I was expecting the same old farm to fork lingo that has become such a buzz word in American cuisine lately. And while I love the idea of farm to fork eating, I want it to become more than just a passing trend, but rather, an ongoing way of life. And it appears Chef Anthony feels the same way. This short interview takes the elitism out of locally sourced fine dining in a place that you would never expect it…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In New York City, Clothing Recycling Program Could Spur Nationwide Movement

Image via Ecouterre.

Come September, one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the nation will launch in New York City, the Associated Press reports (via Ecouterre). In 2008, over 190,0… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

read more

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

read more

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

read more

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

read more

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PEER pressure: Cape Wind in the line of fire

WindEnergyUpdate speaks to PEER’s New England Director, Kyla Bennett, about the lawsuit recently filed against the US federal agencies responsible for green lighting the Cape Wind project, and how other US wind energy developers can avoid having their projects similarly delayed.

read more

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Where did Cape Wind's developers go wrong?
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