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Australia adviser urges cautious carbon targets
Australia's top climate adviser on Friday recommended carbon be sold for an initial A$20 ($16) a ton from 2010, with only marginal increases for the first two years, to help business adjust to carbon trading in Australia.
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Nissan blazes trail with clean diesel car
Nissan Motor Co on Thursday became the first domestic automaker to launch a diesel car in Japan in six years, blazing the trail for rivals looking to revive the fuel-saving engine to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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New era for sustainable investing
Rich people increasingly want to invest their money without harming the environment, possibly heralding the mainstream take-up of such investment principles.
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Opposition to Offshore Drilling May Fade
One January morning in 1969, eight kilometers off the coast of southern California, all hell broke loose.
A drilling accident at an offshore oil rig led to the leakage of 11 million liters of oil in the nearby Santa Barbara channel. Thousands of seabirds, fish, and marine mammals were killed.
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Green marketing — Are your claims sustainable?
Brands making green claims about their products need clarity on what they can and cannot say.
The recent surge in green marketing has left many brands searching for the right words to sell the environmental benefits of products.
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China approves law to promote sustainable economy
China's legislature passed a law calling for fiscal spending, tax breaks and other measures to promote sustainable economic growth via resource conservation and pollution control, official media said on Saturday.
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Katrina and Rita provide glimpse of what could happen to offshore drilling if Gustav hits Gulf
Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the U.S., Rice University civil and mechanical engineering professor Satish Nagarajaiah studied damage done to offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. If tropical storm Gustav strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, as forecasters are predicting, Nagarajaiah's findings could provide valuable knowledge about what to expect if Gustav hits the Gulf of Mexico oil platform regions.
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