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Companies and governments are turning to emissions trading as a weapon to fight climate change, in a carbon market worth US$64 billion last year.

Cap-and-trade schemes force participants -- often energy-intensive industries -- to buy permits to emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which is produced from burning fossil fuels. New Zealand's parliament on Wednesday passed the Labour government's climate change bill, which will introduce emissions trading from 2009.

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AUGUSTA, Maine-As the state increases its emphasis on energy conservation in view of high energy prices, the Maine Housing Authority is expanding classes for energy auditors.

Energy audits help homeowners decide what energy efficiency improvements will save the most energy and which are the most cost effective.

MaineHousing Director Dale McCormick says the agency is doubling to 24 the size of its two monthly energy auditor classes.

Residents of a the Brookland Greens housing
estate at Cranbourne, south-east of Melbourne, have been urged to leave their homes because of the leak, which

Throughout the past 20 years, National Farmers organisations have run a series of Quality Assurance programs, one of these which became known as Paddock to Plate was focused on ensuring the consumer that the food on their plate was of a consistent and high quality.

If a neighborhood block party or backyard picnic for friends and
family is on the books for Labor Day weekend, don't let your good times
go to waste.

Hazira, August 25 The saying—convert waste into
wealth—has been truly put into practice by the Ruias-promoted Essar
Steel. It has been touted as the first Indian steel company to become a
zero waste and environment-friendly steel plant.

“We have adopted various measures to utilise the
plant waste effectively to achieve our goal of becoming a zero waste
company. It is our endeavour to make this world class plant into a
green plant,” said Dilip Oommen, Chief Executive Officer of Essar

DESPITE the best efforts of deniers, there are depressing similarities
between the Doha talks on free world trade and negotiations for an
international agreement on what to do about climate change. Success on
both issues relies on satisfying the competing demands of developed and
developing nations. After seven years of on-again, off-again talks, the
latest effort to broker a Doha deal failed because the developing world
did not trust that developed nations would not use their markets as a
dumping ground for agricultural surpluses in times of glut to the

A provocative new study of the record-setting Arctic thaw that's
unlocking the Northwest Passage and transforming Canada's polar
frontier has, for the first time, drawn a clear connection between
rising global carbon pollution and the retreat of sea ice.

A new musical campaign encourages Central Texans to conserve water.

Local musician Ray Benson joined with Austin Water Utility for the Observe and Conserve TV and radio campaign.

July and August see the highest water demand of the
year in Austin, and with the drought conditions, conservation becomes
even more important.

Airline passengers now pay more in green taxes than is
needed to cover the cost of environmental damage they cause, the
Government has admitted.

The disclosure emerged in the Emissions Cost Assessment which was quietly released before MPs departed for the summer recess.

According
to the Department for Transport, aviation now pays £100m more than its
environmental costs a year as a result of the doubling of Air Passenger
Duty in February last year.

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