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Carbon market looks past G8 to U.S. election

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 06, 2008.

Carbon market traders and backers of clean-energy projects aren't holding their breath for a strong statement on fighting change during this week's G8 summit and are more focused on who wins November's U.S. election.

Ferrari to slash sports cars' carbon emissions: president

By AFP from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 05, 2008.

Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president said Saturday.

EU ministers 'discover' biofuels not an obligation after all

By AFP from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 05, 2008.

European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.

EU ministers look to building sector to push energy efficiency

By AFP from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 04, 2008.

European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on climate change.

Wind Power Expands In China

By China CSR from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 04, 2008.

The AES Corporation says it has increased its China-based wind power operations through two new agreements with Guohua Energy.

Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report

By AFP from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 04, 2008.

Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday.

Australian adviser unveils carbon trading scheme

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 04, 2008.

Australia's leading climate guru on Friday laid out a draft carbon trading scheme to rein in rising emissions in the world's top per-capita greenhouse gas polluter.

G8 nations fail to keep climate change vows-report

By Reuters from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 03, 2008.

None of the G8 countries have come close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a study published on Thursday found.

EU environment legislation 'slow or incomplete', says review

By EurActiv.com from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 03, 2008.

Environment issues leapt up the political agenda last year, but implementation of measures is "lagging behind", according to a Commission review of EU environment policy in 2007 published yesterday (2 July).

GM may bring small cars to U.S. market

By Greenwire from Business & Sustainable Development News. Published on Jul 03, 2008.

General Motors Corp., struggling to adapt to a fuel-scarce economy, may begin selling a tiny car normally reserved for Asian and Latin American markets in the United States.