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Vicious carbon cycle: Extreme weather exacerbates climate change
Study finds extreme climate events release 11 billion tonnes of CO2 every year – equivalent to around one third of global carbon emissions a year.
Joe Romm

Aug 29, 2013

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California carbon market going so well, it sold out of permits
At the latest auction of permits under California’s new carbon cap and trade scheme there were more bids for 2016 permits than were made available.
Jeff Spross

Aug 23, 2013

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Graph of the Day: The carbon bootprint of watching football
New research by the Carbon Trust unveils the ‘bootprint’ of watching football – on tablets, smartphones, televisions and at the stadium.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 16, 2013

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Rooftop solar claims more coal scalps, and clips peaks of demand
Rooftop solar is now confirmed as an important driver of change in the Australian electricity market, and is contributing to remarkable fall in peak demand.
Hugh Saddler

Aug 8, 2013

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Falling electricity demand: Has it changed the game on emissions?
Energetics’ re-forecast of Australian emissions shows the impact of falling electricity consumption. But that doesn’t mean we can relax the 2020 target.
Gordon Weiss

Aug 6, 2013

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Graph of the Day: Australia’s untapped emission cuts
Australia has stabilised its emissions in recent decades, but has barely scratched the surface of what it could achieve with current technologies.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2013

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Graph of the Day: Your carbon footprint – and how to shrink it
The personal carbon footprints – tCO2e/capita – of 7 different countries; and a list of 13 ways to get more life out of less carbon.
Lindsay Wilson

Jul 26, 2013

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Rudd slashes climate programs to pay for carbon politics
Rudd protects main renewables programs, but scacrifices CCS program, and funds to support bidoversity initiatives and savings for manufacturers and farmers to pay for the accelerated ETS. He says coal has a future, but he was in Queensland, so he had to say that didn’t he?
Giles Parkinson

Jul 16, 2013

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How clean are our energy policies?
The drop in NEM emissions over the past year has been staggering. How much is attributable to the carbon tax and other clean energy policies?
Mike Sandiford

Jul 10, 2013

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Renewables rise to 15% in Australia as demand and emissions fall
A complex combination of the LRET, reduced demand, and the carbon price continue to drive down Australian electricity generation emissions.
Hugh Saddler

Jul 9, 2013

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Emissions trading in China: Risky, difficult, but necessary
China’s ETS pilot programs face great problems. Can those challenges be overcome? And does China – a global cleantech leader – really need an ETS?
Shenghao Feng

Jul 7, 2013

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Why carbon’s ‘greening’ effect isn’t a good news story
The argument has resurfaced that increased CO2 to plants and agriculture outweigh the costs of climate change. But it’s not quite so simple.
Andrew Glikson

Jul 5, 2013

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