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George Monbiot: "We Need 100% Cut in Carbon Emissions"

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2




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Supermarket cuts emissions 53%, offsets rest

This is how to do climate action the right way.




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Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these




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What are "locked-in emissions" and why do they matter?

Also called "carbon lock-in," it's about time.




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As low-hanging fruit is plucked, UK emissions reductions slow

What's next after the coal purge?




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Fiat Chrysler offsetting emissions with credits from Tesla

This doesn't seem right.




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Energy Star now rates clothes dryers. This could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 22bn lbs per year!

Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts.




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What's wrong with modern buildings? Everything, including Upfront Carbon Emissions

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.




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Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.




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7 high-impact lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.




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Forget 2030 or targets; we need to reduce our carbon emissions right now

George Monbiot says you don't set targets in an emergency, you act.




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2050 carbon goals are great, but we must cut emissions now

End goals for CO2 emissions are just one part of the picture. How fast we start moving toward them is just as important.




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Report: Scotland could reach 'net zero' emissions by 2045

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.




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Ferran Adrià's elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli's Smartgrid

Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed




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Can we make steel without CO2 emissions using renewable hydrogen?

Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy.




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World Green Building Council calls for radical reduction in Upfront Carbon Emissions

People are finally beginning to take this issue seriously.




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Werner Sobek calls for an emissions-free "Electric City" by 2020

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.




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Lighten up: Primary steel production is responsible for up to 9 percent of CO2 emissions

We have to use less of the stuff in our cars, our buildings, and our infrastructure.




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Heavy industry and heavy-duty transport could reach zero emissions by mid-century

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.




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Car industry splits over California emissions rules. What side is your car maker on?

I was disappointed to see that Subaru, beloved of TreeHugger types, is on the wrong side of this issue.




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Maersk to end carbon emissions from shipping by 2050

They don't know how they are going to do it, but it is a bold promise.




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How our thinking changed in 2019: Upfront Carbon Emissions

Nobody cared much about this a few years ago. They do now.




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Microsoft cutting emissions by 75% by 2030

The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.




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Wal-Mart To Help 20 State Capitals Save Money And Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Wal-Mart has agreed to help US taxpayers take climate action. Over the next two years, they are sending energy audit teams to 20 State Capitol complexes to help save taxpayers money and help the environment...while the Federal Government equivocates




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Yale Reduced Emissions 7% While Growing by 5.5% Since 2005

They've done more than just change out a few lightbulbs to meet this goal, and in fact this is only the beginning. Their ultimate goal is to reduce Yale University's greenhouse gas emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. Sure, you say, but




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Cutting U.S. meat consumption by half would reduce dietary emissions by 35% within decade

The gains are even bigger when beef is targeted specifically.




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If cities are going to curb their carbon emissions, they have to consider consumption

It's not just about how we build and how we get around; it's also what we eat and wear and buy.




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LafargeHolcim is selling CO2-sucking cement for precast, reduces emissions by 70 percent

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.




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Does a bike rider's fuel cause as much CO2 emissions as a car rider's?

Not by a long shot, but the answer is still interesting.




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Why electric cars won't save us: It takes years to pay off the upfront carbon emissions

This is not an attack on electric cars; it's a rage against all cars.




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Tax-News.com: EU, Switzerland To Link Emissions Trading Systems

The European Commission and the Swiss Federal Council have each approved proposals to link their emissions trading systems, meaning formal signature of a new agreement could take place by the end of the year.




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Tax-News.com: EU MEPs Back New Direction For Taxing Aviation's Emissions

Members of the European Parliament have preliminarily agreed to continue with the aviation industry's current treatment under the EU's emissions trading scheme to allow for the development of a new industry-specific carbon tax arrangement.




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Tax-News.com: EU Approves Linking With Swiss Emissions Trading Scheme

The European Council on November 10 authorized the signing of an agreement with Switzerland to link their emissions trading systems.




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Tax-News.com: Switzerland Consults On Linking With EU Emissions System

The Swiss Federal Council is consulting on proposed changes to the CO2 Ordinance, which would link the Swiss and EU emissions trading systems.




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Tax-News.com: Switzerland, EU To Link Emissions Trading Systems

Switzerland and the EU are to link their emissions trading systems from next year, after the Swiss Federal Council approved revisions to the country's Ordinance on the Reduction of CO2 Emissions.




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Tax-News.com: Switzerland, EU To Link Emissions Trading Systems

Switzerland and the EU are to link their emissions trading systems from next year, after the Swiss Federal Council approved revisions to the country's Ordinance on the Reduction of CO2 Emissions.




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Global Carbon Emissions Growth Hits Record High Again

Coal use is down dramatically in the United States and the European Union, but rising natural gas and oil use in 2019 increased the world's carbon dioxide emission.




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Bali Roadmap an Anticlimax, None Willing to Commit on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The much vaunted climate change conference has come to an end at Bali, Indonesia, on an almost anticlimactic note.




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Turkey needs to step up investment in renewables to curb emissions

Turkey will see its greenhouse gas emissions continue their steady rise of recent years without concrete actions to improve energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable energy sources, according to a new OECD report.




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OECD Model Tax Convention: Public comments received on the discussion draft on tax treaty issues related to the trading of emissions permits

On 31 May 2011, the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs released for public comment a discussion draft on the application of the provisions of the OECD Model Tax Convention to the cross-border trading of emissions permits. The OECD has now published the comments received on this consultation draft.




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OECD Model Tax Convention: revised discussion draft on tax treaty issues related to emissions permits and credits

The OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs invites public comments on a revised discussion draft on tax treaty issues related to emissions permits/credits, which addresses the application of the provisions of the OECD Model Tax Convention to the cross-border granting and trading of emissions permits and credits.




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Public comments received on the revised discussion draft on tax treaty issues related to emissions permits and credits

On 19 October 2012, the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs released for public comment a revised discussion draft on tax treaty issues related to emissions permits and credits. The OECD has now published the comments received on this revised discussion draft.




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The Swedish Tax on Nitrogen Oxide Emissions: Lessons in Environmental Policy Reform - Environment Policy Paper No. 2

This case study describes the approach taken to reduce NOx emissions from combustion plants, the challenges encountered and the social, environmental and economic impacts. It concludes by discussing the wider lessons that are raised for other governments seeking to develop similar policy responses.




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Much better use can and must be made of taxes to help reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, concluded the participants of the 6th Global International Tax Dialogue conference

Taxes are potentially among the most effective ways of cutting pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, but they are currently – with very few exceptions – underused; and even where used, they are frequently designed in a sub-optimal way.




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Permit allocation rules and investment incentives in emissions trading systems

This paper asks whether free allocation of tradable emission permits in emissions trading systems can weaken emission abatement incentives for firms.




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Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change,according to a new OECD study.




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Australia needs to intensify efforts to meet its 2030 emissions goal

Australia has made some progress replacing coal with natural gas and renewables in electricity generation yet remains one of the most carbon-intensive OECD countries and one of the few where greenhouse gas emissions (excluding land use and forestry) have risen in the past decade. The country will fall short of its 2030 emissions target without a major effort to move to a low-carbon model, according to a new OECD report.




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Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change,according to a new OECD study.




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Carbon taxes and emissions trading are cheapest ways of reducing CO2, OECD says

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems are the most cost-effective means of reducing CO2 emissions, and should be at the centre of government efforts to tackle climate change,according to a new OECD study.




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Shipping industry seeks response to calls for cuts in emissions

World’s fleet under renewed pressure to clean up its act and curb greenhouse gases