Archive

  • The fuels of the future?

    01 October 2006

    Production of biofuels is rocketing, underpinned by strong ­regulatory support. Ronnie Lim considers the prospects for the industry, and flags up some companies to watch

  • NOx cap-and-trade scheme brings down emissions

    01 October 2006

    Nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions in the eastern US fell 11% in 2005 compared with 2004, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, in its latest report on the NOx Budget Trading Program.

  • An inconvenient state?

    01 October 2006

    California's climate change legislation marks a dramatic step forward in US efforts to tackle greenhouse gas ­emissions. Douglas Smith considers its implications

  • US EPA 'simplifies' New Source Review

    01 October 2006

    The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed changes that it says will simplify the New Source Review (NSR) programme for power and industrial plants.

  • Let a thousand wind farms bloom

    01 October 2006

    In wind energy, as in everything else, China is set to become a global giant. But the development of wind farms and a domestic turbine manufacturing base are far from plain ­sailing, as Michael Rank reports

  • Investors to pour $80 billion into ethanol by 2021

    01 October 2006

    Investment in ethanol plants will top $80 billion over the next 15 years, according to a report by the McIlvaine Company.

  • Doing something about disclosure

    01 October 2006

    September has become the month of carbon disclosure. At events around the globe – after a launch in New York on the 18th – the findings of the latest Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) were unveiled to the world.

  • California bill could spawn giant REC market

    01 October 2006

    The California Legislature has passed a bill requiring 20% of electricity to come from renewables by 2011, and allowing trading of renewable energy certificates (RECs) to help achieve that goal.

  • ANZ in the dock over logging

    01 October 2006

    Acoalition of non-governmental organisations, including the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), has lodged a complaint with the OECD over Australian bank ANZ's involvement with a major logging company's operations in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

  • Wider, longer, deeper

    01 October 2006

    The EU Emissions Trading Scheme is not without its critics, particularly regarding its impact on competitiveness. But Paul Dawson argues that the answer is more, not less, ­emissions trading