Is the Canadian Federal Government doing enough to create taxation incentives for SMBs to help them take advantage of green innovation?
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President Obama’s energy and global warming agenda stands at a major crossroads as lawmakers return today from their monthlong summer break amid an all-out push to pass health care legislation.
Senate Democrats originally intended to roll out their version of a…
By Risa Maeda
TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Japan will announce within weeks a deal to buy 1.5 million tonnes of emission rights from Latvia, a government source familiar with the matter said, helping the world’s No.5 emitter near a target…
On July 15, 2009, the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) issued the first version of its Final Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting (ERMR). The WCI is a collaboration of seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces including British Columbia (B.C.), Manitoba,…
By Leanne Tobias
A heads up for real estate professionals: H.R. 2454, the cap and trade legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, if passed into law, would have a profound effect on the real estate sector.
To…
Effective swapping of carbon credits can lead to stronger economy, says alliance of labour, greens
Jul 30, 2009 04:30 AM
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Canada’s response to global warming needs to balance environmental goals with creating green jobs, according to a…
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Ahead of August’s meeting, Andrei Marcu reflects on last month’s UN negotiations and worries that things are not progressing fast enough
The June session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations was a hard two-week period…
By Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham – Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham
Today, the Waxman-Markey bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is set to be voted on in the House of Representatives. The very…
As the Senate debates the American Clean Energy and Security Act recently passed in the House that attempts to create a cap-and-trade scheme for carbon emissions in the U.S. similar to Europe’s, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has been ramping up…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three-quarters of Americans believe the U.S. government should regulate the release of greenhouse gases from cars and factories to reduce global warming, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
But fewer — 52 percent…
Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:41pm EDT
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Wednesday unveiled plans for a national carbon market that it said would help cut emissions of greenhouse gases by making it more attractive to invest in clean energy…
