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Initiatives Provide Opportunity for Green Jobs, Energy Independence, Emissions Reductions WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- City and county elected leaders from across America today kicked off "Local Climate Action Week" to highlight innovative climate initiatives and draw attention to hundreds of clean energy projects that are ready-to-go and could quickly create green jobs in their communities. Hundreds of local officials called on President-elect Obama and Congress to...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT? An expert briefing discussing a phased-in, revenue-neutral national carbon tax as a policy option for addressing climate change. Sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), the Carbon Tax Center, the Climate Crisis Coalition, Friends Committee on National Legislation and Friends of the Earth. The briefing will focus on the environmental, economic, economic-efficiency, logistical and political benefits of a...

Des King, managing director and CEO of Caltex, has expressed fears that high costs for carbon emission permits would threaten the viability of the Australian oil refining industry. Mr King said: "The government's green paper proposes only 20% of permits would be allocated free to emission-intensive, trade-exposed industries. That is just half of the permits they are required to hold for their emissions. An explanation is needed of how the A$10 billion of total revenue from the sale of...

OUR OPINION When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stemming climate change, there's really only one way to force compliance by fossil fuel-burning power plants: Hit 'em where it counts - their bank accounts. That's the theory behind the nation's first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction, which brought in nearly $40 million for the six states that participated last month, the results of which were released last week. Massachusetts raised $13.3 million from the first...

Carbon brokers are devising a plan in which greenhouse gas polluters in rich countries would pay tropical communities in exchange for slowing deforestation."It's a bit of a minefield," said Michael Brune, the executive director of nonprofit group the Rainforest Action Network.Brune added that although enforcing laws would be difficult, "But I would say the benefits outweigh the threats."Deals between greenhouse gas polluters and developing countries have been encouraged by new data...

Gordon Brown's much-trailed plan to get the less well off out of "fuel poverty" have now been revealed - to snorts of derision. The plan really boils down to Mr Brown ordering the energy companies to provide pounds910 million to insulate people's homes. He boasts that the plan is for "the long term" but the energy companies have already indicated that they will provide the finance but will have to recover it from increases to the very bills Brown is hoping to reduce....

By Tatu, Robin GOLD FROM GREEN EARTH: THE SEQUEL The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, W. W. Norton & Co., 256 pps. An optimistic look at ways regulation and the profit motive, together, can inspire entrepreneurs and engineers to fight climate change. WITH BOTH presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama signaling their support, the push for federal oversight of carbon emissions is gaining momentum. Several U.S. states have already set...

By Anthony Harrington ENERGY policy ranks high on the list of campaign issues for both US presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain. The two are united in wanting to wean America off its dependence on imported oil. For McCain, typically, the emphasis is on oil security. "Dependence on oil provides direct support to our enemies and threatens the peace," is one of his core slogans. So McCain plans to "lead the effort to promote energy independence and to cut off the...

By Joe Napsha Pennsylvania could gain about 86,000 jobs by investing in clean energy technologies, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of labor and environmental groups. The report shows that the development of wind, solar and other clean energy plants and other facilities in the state could create jobs for electricians, carpenters, computer software personnel, installers, mechanics and metal fabricators, said Bracken Hendricks, a senior fellow for the Center for American...

Massey University has launched three degrees in AgriScience, AgriCommerce and Environmental Management, to meet the needs of industry and better future-proof graduates pro vice-chancellor of the College of Sciences, Robert Anderson said. Professor Anderson believed there was more opportunity for graduates of agricultural and environmental degrees than before. ''We want students to think about global issues, such as climate change, land degradation, emissions trading schemes, biosecurity and...