Only days after two US Senators proposed a tax on carbon emissions a senior official with the Chinese Ministry of Finance said that China plans to proactively introduce a series of new taxation policies that are designed to preserve the environment, including a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Writing on the … [continued]
The Australian Minister for Climate Change has reported that the intensity of the country’s electricity generation emissions has fallen since the introduction of the carbon price in July. Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, revealed that “in the first three months of the carbon price, … [continued]
The Australian government has announced it will scrap the proposed floor price of its emissions trading scheme as part of a deal to link the scheme with the European Union, and take some of the political heat about the carbon pricing debate. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet announced the … [continued]
If you are reading this item now then it means that the world did not end with the introduction of the carbon price. Sadly, neither did the political posturing. The government said it was an economic reform that reflected fundamental Labor values. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government … [continued]
As drafted, Australia’s 500 leading greenhouse gas emitters will pay $23 (AUS$1 = US$0.99) for every ton of carbon they emit. The carbon pricing is set to take effect next July, assuming the Senate agrees in November, as expected.
After months of Tea Party-type astroturf attacks by the Australian coal industry, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has prevailed in introducing a comprehensive carbon tax on the top 500 polluters in the country to move the heavily coal-dependent Australian economy to a more sustainable future based on clean renewable energy, in the country’s most comprehensive economic reforms in a century. The support of the Green Party turned the tide, according to the Canberra Times.
Just as it did here in the US, the threat of putting a price on carbon has roused the polluter industries to a frenzy of propaganda against it on talk radio and right wing news outlets in Australia. The new Labor Party Prime Minister Julia Gillard is proposing a carbon … [continued]
Octopus Energy and Enphase have introduced a virtual power plant program in Texas that allows customers to leverage home solar power.
Before I get into my opinion here, I do want to be abundantly clear that this piece reflects only my own opinion, and doesn’t reflect that of CleanTechnica or my fellow writers. I know that some of them agree with much of this, but not everybody here does. Those who … [continued]
Plans to build what would be Australia’s largest wind farm, an 800MW project proposed for Victoria’s Golden Plains Shire by German-backed outfit WestWind Energy, have been submitted for planning approval by the state government.
