agriculture
In the land of the long white cloud, the Emissions Trading Scheme that sprung from the loins of the Kyoto Protocol is about as popular as windypops in an enclosed lift. The country’s Sustainability Council has put on its thinking cap, chewed the end of its biro, done a
europe
Shell is shaping up to be the kind of oil company that, if it doesn’t get its own way, will hold it breath until it turns a slightly odd colour in the hope its indulgent parents will cave in and let it have its own way. It probably took
electricity
Dammit. The EU must be feeling a bit like the superhero battling a supervillian when the energy from the laser weapon he uses is eaten up by the supervillain and only serves to make him stronger than he was to start off with. Sort of. Apparently, the European carbon emissions
australia
Better late than never eh? After previous Aussie PM John Howard was somewhat standoffish on the environment, new head of state Kevin Rudd has ratified Kyoto and is set to bring in a carbon trading scheme no later than 2010, with the details of how this will all work scheduled
india
Carbon is the new Panini stickers – it looks like everyone’s up for trading these days (Greenbang has the shiny foil ones – they’re worth more). The latest to jump on the “got, got, need, got, swap,” bandwagon is the World Bank’s lender, International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC
