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	Air & Climate Newsletter March 12, 2009

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Point Carbon finds RGGI long by 31.8 million allowances in 2008
Point Carbon has announced its estimates for the 2008 carbon dioxide (CO2) emission levels for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to be 156.2 million short tons (one short ton is equal to 0.91 metric tons) resulting in a decline of 8.9 percent from 2007 emissions. This leads Point Carbon’s team of analysts to forecast an over allocated RGGI market. Point Carbon is a world-leading provider of independent analysis and consulting services for power, gas and carbon markets. The forecasts supplied are part of the company’s independent Trading Analytics and Research division, which regularly ...

Top climate researchers meet in Copenhagen
This week, one of the world`s largest ever interdisciplinary conferences on climate change commenced when more than 2,000 participants from around 80 countries met in Copenhagen. The Congress was the result of a unique cooperation between ten of the world`s leading universities; the International Alliance of Re-search universities (IARU),, which consists of Austra-lian National University, ETH - Zürich, National University of Singapore, Peking University, University of California - Berkeley, University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo and Yale University. ...

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EPA announces new action to prevent coal ash releases
Responding to last year’s massive coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in Kingston, Tennessee, the US Environmental Protection Agency ...
Why emissions trading is more effective than a carbon tax, says IETA
A cap and trade system is the best means to establish a quantifiable, legally enforceable limit on emissions which will ensure that essential climate ...
UK government invests just GBP 6.4m in CCS since 2004
Despite pledging to make it a centrepiece of its low carbon strategy the government has spent just GBP 6.4m on research into Carbon Capture and Storage ...
Carbon sinks losing the battle with rising emissions
“Forests, grasslands and oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere faster than ever but they are not keeping pace with rapidly rising ...
EPA proposes first national reporting on greenhouse gas emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse ...
Could carbon-soaking rocks solve climate crisis?
Scientists seeking a cost-effective means of sequestering carbon dioxide using natural geological reactions were given a major boost last week when new ...
Ricoh joins Carbon Standard
Software firm Ricoh UK is the latest company to be awarded the Carbon Trust Carbon Standard after it reduced its carbon footprint by 22 per cent. The ...
Endesa begins planting 700,000 trees to offset CO2 emissions from its headquarters
In line with its commitment to eco-efficiency and sustainable development, ENDESA has kicked off its Offset Programme for 100% of the emissions generated ...

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