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Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 2015. The survey also found that 87.7% of businesses strongly agreed that Australia should aim to reduce its carbon emissions, while 11% agreed with that statement. The strong support for an emissions trading scheme and for continued action to reduce ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the enclosed algae growth system, Algae.Tec said. "This deal is an innovative means of capturing and reusing carbon emissions and providing the Hunter region with a locally produced green fuel source," said Chris Hartcher, NSW Energy Minister. Bayswater ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... dissolution election, with a repeal being passed in March 2015, Citi suggests. The Coalition's stated policy of carbon emissions reductions is known as the "Direct Action" plan, announced in February 2010. "[T]here is limited detail," the report said. ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... replace kerosene lights, which pose a safety risk, are expensive and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus far from Australia that join the fellowship programme to go to India and help ...

Budget to cut ARENA funding, bring forward money to CTIP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Jutsen said. "Our clients have been using the program heavily to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon emissions," Jutsen said. "It's a significant contributor to helping companies to improve efficiency and reduce emissions to improve ...

CA Technologies: increased focus on IT energy consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... provider CA Technologies says there is increased consumer demand for companies to manage IT energy consumption and carbon emissions, driving increased uptake of their enterprise software products, and impacting CA Technologies' sustainability strategies. ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... risky gambles." The report also noted that key export markets for Australian coal are taking action to reduce carbon emissions, and China has announced a plan for energy consumption to peak at 4 billion tonnes coal equivalent as part of the current five ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... I don't think that the extreme unburnable carbon scenario will eventuate - at this stage, it's unlikely that carbon emissions that be cut to the extent that we hit the 2 degree target," said Elaine Prior director/analyst carbon, environment and ESG at ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... been assessed against the Australian government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Zoos Victoria reduced carbon emissions through a range of energy efficiency and waste reduction measures, and by purchasing and cancelling carbon offsets to bring ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... government's Clean Energy Future package. Meanwhile in the US, while states such as California have implemented carbon emissions trading systems, the federal government does not have a policy on pricing carbon. However, President Barack Obama has said ...