NEW STUDY DEBUNKS MYTHS ABOUT AMAZON RAIN FORESTS They may be more tolerant of droughts than previously thought
(Boston) — A new NASA-funded study has concluded that Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Burt’s Bees Goes Dumpster Diving in Waste Reduction Education
Burt’s Bees shows how it taught employees about waste reduction by going digging through their own dumpsters.
Property consortium announces £350m green office boost
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 10:47:00
Carbon Trust, Threadneedle and Stanhope team up to launch major fund for investing in the low-carbon refurbishment of commercial properties
The Carbon Trust has today announced it is teaming up with property investment giant Threadneedle and developer Stanhope plc to launch a fund designed to significantly increase the availability of green shops…
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Sarkozy steps up calls for green Tobin tax
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Friday 12 March 2010 at 10:27:00
Push for international tax on financial transactions to dominate France’s hosting of next year’s G20
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to make proposals for an international tax on financial transactions – designed to raise funds for climate-related projects – a central issue when France…
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EXCLUSIVE: Why it’s not worth planting trees
A consultant is calling on the Government to underwrite the risk of accidental harvest of trees and to guarantee forest owners a minimum price for carbon under the emissions trading scheme.
Get wise to green issues, expert tells employers
A ruling by a British judge that environmentalism has the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs should send a warning to New Zealand employers, a local expert says.
Thanks from Carbon News: 41 million-plus pages and counting!
Carbon News is celebrating its second anniversary.
ETS first step will push inflation, says bank
The entry of the first wave of emitters into the emissions trading scheme will push up inflation, the Reserve Bank predicts.
Broker moving carbon desk to Auckland
OMFinancial is moving its carbon desk to Auckland.
Report lists 10 ‘fat cats’ getting rich from carbon
Windfall profits from Europe’s system for trading industrial carbon quotas could discourage big regional polluters from doing anything to curb emissions.
