Archive

  • Raising the bar

    01 February 2007

    While mandatory carbon markets are governed by strict rules and regulations, the voluntary market can sometimes seem like a free-for-all. Mark Kenber looks at efforts to ensure that reductions pass muster

  • A trillion-dollar marketplace

    01 February 2007

    Taken together, environmental commodities markets have a 'market cap' of almost $1 trillion, say Gareth Phillips and Assaad Razzouk

  • Energy ministers back efficiency plans

    01 February 2007

    European energy ministers agreed in late November to support the European Commission's proposals to reduce energy waste by 20% of current levels by 2020.

  • OECD warns China on environment

    01 December 2006

    China's "comprehensive and modern" set of environmental laws has been unable to keep pace with the pressures generated by the extremely rapid growth of the country's economy, according to a new OECD report.*

  • Supreme Court mulls GHGs

    01 December 2006

    The US Supreme Court heard arguments on 29 November in a case that addresses vehicle emissions, but which could determine whether the government should regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs).

  • EPA backs down on toxics data

    01 December 2006

    The US Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn plans to loosen reporting frequency for the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), but two senators plan legislation to prevent other changes.

  • Renewable energy standards on the rise

    01 December 2006

    Several US states are to impose renewable portfolio standards (RPS) up to 15% of electricity supplies, partly following the recent mid-term elections.

  • TXU prepares for CO2 capture

    01 December 2006

    TXU has updated its proposal to build 9,079MW of coal plants in Texas, planning to make the 11 plants "carbon capture ready".

  • US Supreme Court takes on NSR

    01 December 2006

    The US Supreme Court took up a case in November that pits environmentalists against utilities on 'New Source Review' (NSR), which determines when generators must add emissions controls to plants.

  • US states move further on mercury than EPA

    01 December 2006

    More than 20 states plan to reduce mercury emissions more deeply than required by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and many will prohibit trading of mercury allowances.