Letters: Europe, Japan and energy options
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Mar 2011
The EU commission's 2050 low-carbon road map released last week needs to raise Europe's sights beyond its current 2020 emission reduction targets (Report, 7 March). While the EU has agreed that emissions must be reduced by at least 80% by the middle of the century, it has not so far set out how to...
 Carbon Storage | Energy | Energy Consumption | Energy Production | EU Emission Trading Scheme | Governance

Soaring oil price reignites fossil fuel debate
Guardian Unlimited | 03 Mar 2011
As pressure grows on the government to stabilise fuel prices via tax breaks, green campaigners say this may be the ideal time to reduce the UK's dependence on oil and gas. High oil prices are a headache for governments. Ministers are acutely aware that the price at the petrol pump is one of the...
 England | Carbon Storage | Climate Change | Economy | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Industry | Policy

U.N. panel eyes ways to expand and speed carbon offsets
Reuters | 14 Feb 2011
A United Nations panel will discuss this week ways to give poor countries better access to clean energy projects and clear a backlog of applications for carbon offsets, members said in a webcast on Monday.
 Climate Change | Carbon Storage | Clean Development Mechanism | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol

SSE applies for EU funding for carbon project
Yahoo! News | 09 Feb 2011
Scottish and Southern Energy has applied for European Union funding to develop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its gas-fired power station in Peterhead Scotland the utility said on Wednesday.
 Scotland | Carbon Storage | Energy Consumption | Energy Production | Industry

What is carbon?
Guardian Unlimited | 03 Feb 2011
Carbon is a chemical element, like hydrogen, oxygen, lead or any of the others in the periodic table. Carbon is a very abundant element. It exists in pure or nearly pure forms - such as diamonds and graphite – but can also combine with other elements to form molecules. These carbon-based molecules...
 Carbon Storage | Environmental Awareness

Why Genghis Khan was good for the planet
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Jan 2011
Laying waste to land scrubbed 700m tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. His empire lasted a century and a half and eventually covered nearly a quarter of the earth's surface. His murderous Mongol armies were responsible for the massacre of as many as 40 million people. Even today, his name remains a byword for brutality and terror. But boy, was Genghis green.
 Carbon Storage | Climate and Atmosphere | Climate Change

U.N. panel says has cut carbon offset backlog
Reuters | 05 Jan 2011
A U.N. panel which oversees a market in carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol says it has cut a backlog in project approvals, a development that is likely to quell long-running private sector complaints about delays.
 Carbon Storage | Climate Change | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Carbon capture coal firm Powerfuel calls in administrators
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Dec 2010
Administrators have been called in to sell the assets of Powerfuel, which owns Hatfield colliery near Doncaster and planned to build a clean-coal demonstration plant in Britain.The firm is owned by the mining entrepreneur Richard Budge - known as "King Coal" – and the Russian coal group KRU. Despite being selected by the European Union to receive £164m for the project, it is £635m short of the money required.
 United Kingdom | Carbon Storage | Economy | Energy Production | Industry

New Labour peer Bryony Worthington
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Nov 2010
Appointment of environmentalist bolsters House of Lords' green credentials. The House of Lords became a far greener and better place today with the appointment of the climate change policy expert and campaigner Bryony Worthington as a Labour peer. Most importantly, she's one of the smartest...
 United Kingdom | Climate Change | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Global Warming | Policy

EU says fulfils climate aid pledge, but is it new?
Reuters | 15 Nov 2010
European governments have fulfilled a promise to deliver 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion) to help poor countries tackle climate change, EU reports show, but critics say the money might have come from rebranding existing aid pledges.
 Carbon Storage | Clean Development Mechanism | Climate Change | Economics and the Environment