Australia unveils carbon-reduction scheme
- 10 Jul 2011 06:18 - Rob Taylor
- Australia unveiled plans on Sunday to slap a carbon tax of A$23 a tonne on its 500 worst polluters from 2012.
None of our fixes break the planet-wrecking project
- 03 May 2011 06:29 -
- All of us in the green movement are lost before the planet's real nightmare: not too little fossil fuel -- but too much.
Carbon cuts cancelled out by imported goods
- 26 Apr 2011 09:46 - Staff Reporter
- Kyoto protocol means carbon footprints are calculated for the countries producing goods, not those consuming them.
Shale gas as dirty as oil, coal for warming
- 12 Apr 2011 13:39 - Staff Reporter
- Shale gas, an energy source carries a greater carbon footprint than oil, coal and conventional gas over at least a 20-year period.
SA takes heat for burning coal
- 29 Mar 2011 06:37 - Joshua Howat Berger
- The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in SA as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks.
China unveils new energy, water efficiency goals
- 28 Mar 2011 11:12 - Staff Reporter
- China has issued new targets to curb carbon output and improve efficiency in using energy and water, state media reported on Monday.
China puts hard target on energy use
- 04 Mar 2011 10:08 - Staff Reporter
- China's plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.
China's runaway emissions
- 04 Feb 2011 10:11 -
- Continuing expansion in China has offset the reduction in carbon emissions in recession hit Western countries.
SA carbon tax could hurt business, consumers
- 15 Dec 2010 11:39 - Wendell Roelf
- South Africa is likely to phase-in a carbon tax on fossil fuel inputs as part of new measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions.
Carbon emissions steady for first time since 1992
- 03 Jul 2010 16:41 - Staff Reporter
- Drop in rich countries' emissions caused by recession in 2009 was nullified by steep increases from China and India.
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Developing nations want 2011 climate pact deadline
- 26 Apr 2010 07:10 - Staff Reporter
- A group of developing countries said on Sunday a legally binding global agreement to limit climate change should be completed by 2011 at the latest.
A pearl in the rough
- 04 Jun 2009 06:00 - Jonathan Watts
- There is, at least, one green super skyscraper in China's new concrete jungle.
Blame game heats up
- 06 May 2009 10:41 - Staff Reporter
- Back-and-forth arguments between developing and developed nations on who should cut how much in carbon emissions frustrated many in Bonn.
Few meaty advances at Bonn climate-change talks
- 17 Apr 2009 13:36 - Faranaaz Parker
- At the UN Climate Change Convention talks held in Bonn recently 192 countries met to discuss long-term cooperative action to address climate change.
Obama gets tough on emissions
- 03 Feb 2009 06:00 - Staff Reporter
- Private cars are thought to account for about a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions in America.
UN climate talks progress on poor nation aid
- 13 Dec 2008 09:16 - Staff Reporter
- A UN conference made progress on Friday towards agreeing a fund to help poor nations cope with the impacts of climate change.
Kortbroek strikes back at climate conference
- 12 Dec 2008 05:00 - Yolandi Groenewald
- Environment minister Martinus van Schalkwyk got tough with countries holding up negotiations when he arrived at the UN climate change conference.
More SA companies come clean on carbon
- 19 Nov 2008 17:37 - Staff Reporter
- A total of 59 of SA's Top 100 companies have responded to South Africa's Carbon Disclosure Project, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
Aladdin and the green genie
- 21 Oct 2008 06:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- An Australian company has come up with a version of this free exchange, offering to replace your old lightbulbs with energy-efficient CFLs.
'EU car-makers blocking emissions targets'
- 16 Oct 2008 06:00 - Staff Reporter
- The top 14 car-makers in the European market still had to cut emissions by 17% to reach the EU's 2012 target of 130 grams a kilometre.
