The Hindu
China, India endorse Copenhagen climate accord
Montreal Gazette
Chinese negotiator Su Wei wrote a one-sentence letter to the UN Climate Change Secretariat saying it could "proceed to include China in the list. ...
China, India join Copenhagen Accord with other major emittersGlobe and Mail
Climate Goal Is Supported by China and IndiaNew York Times
China, India give qualified nod to climate dealThe Associated Press
Carbon Positive -BusinessWeek -Courthouse News Service
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Critics say end to funding indicates Tories' skepticism of climate-change science

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets."

Earthtimes (press release)
EU climate chief wants Europe to "lead by example"
Reuters UK
Hedegaard's team has started an analysis of what it would take to deepen planned emissions cuts to beyond 20 percent below 1990 levels over the next decade. ...
EU says loopholes may hasten climate changeMontreal Gazette
Climate change: European Commission sets out strategy to reinvigorate global ...Balkans.com Business News
Commission outlines new-old strategyEuropolitics.info
Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -Energy Intelligence (subscription)
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B.C. group touts green economic solution
Victoria Times Colonist
BC Citizens for Green Energy says the province has a vast potential for renewable energy -- including wind ...
Profits from untapped clean energy sources could erase BC debt: reportThe Canadian Press
Green energy group says BC's untapped energy sources could help pay off ...News1130
BC clean energy could pay off provinical debt and create jobsExaminer.com

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At a time of severe economic upheaval and widespread personal hardship, one thing that can safely be said about Monday's throne speech is this: the provincial government gets it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency chief fought back on Monday against Senate attempts to challenge the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, saying delaying action would be bad for the economy.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Loopholes in the United Nations climate treaties could actually amount to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping away, a draft European Union report showed.

Hamilton: Federal green strategy goes from bad to worse
Toronto Star
Rudolph said the throne speech talked about the need to become a clean energy superpower and lead in green job creation, but the government is moving in the ...

Irish Times
'All the wrong options have been pursued'
Irish Times
Extension of environmental taxes and incentives should be accelerated. An additional tax band at the higher level is needed. In the medium term, ...

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Reuters
Global climate battle plays out in World Bank
Reuters
Both camps failed to reach a new deal in Copenhagen in December on a global climate agreement because of differences over emissions targets and who should ...
Shades of hypocrisy in World Bank coal spatThe South African Star

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Soonews.ca
Premier hopes to turn water into gold
Toronto Star
The Liberals hope a water strategy will lead to job growth, much like their expectations for the Green Energy Act – legislation passed recently which they ...
McGuinty prorogues provincial parliamentToronto Star

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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has brought down a remarkably cautious budget – for this year. It maintains previously budgeted stimulus spending, keeps a lid on taxes and offers no significant new spending programs.

Raising the gas tax might be the only way to wean Americans off oil
Washington Post
The authors found that pricing carbon dioxide at $30 a ton in 2010, rising to $60 a ton in 2030 (an optimistic scenario) would increase gasoline prices by ...

CBC.ca
Budget puts climate action on ice
Globe and Mail
Ottawa also rebuffed a request from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an arm's-length government agency, to replenish its climate-change fund. ...
Sidebar: Quotes from the federal budgetVancouver Sun
Over the rainbowOttawa Citizen
What they are saying: Harper's budget choices fail CanadiansCanada Views
Owen Sound Sun Times -Hamilton Spectator
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Greentech Media
CEOs seek firm signal on US climate change policy
Reuters
The chief executives of some of the biggest companies in the power, raw materials and oil businesses also said they broadly support a carbon cap-and-trade ...
FPL, AEP Execs: Climate Policy Uncertainty Hinders DevelopmentWall Street Journal

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fight over U.S. President Barack Obama's climate change initiatives intensified on Thursday when an influential Democratic senator sought a two-year pause on regulations to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants and other smokestacks.

European Commission eyes carbon tax
Forbes
EU spokeswoman Emer Traynor said a "carbon tax" was a "priority" issue for Algirdas emeta, the new EU taxation commissioner for taxation. ...

Taxing Carbon Inside Mickey's House
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Businesses have long braced for a federal carbon tax, which is looking less likely anytime soon. But Walt Disney Co. has gone ahead and ...

HeatingOil.com (blog)
Oh, so that's why you want to tax gasoline…
FT.com (blog)
A carbon tax has some advantages (it provides price certainty) and disadvantages (it doesn't allow you to actually cap emissions) over a cap-and-trade ...
Stupid things senators are saying about the Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman proposalGrist Magazine
Big Oil Wanted the Carbon Tax Now Featured in Senate Climate ProposalHeatingOil.com (blog)
Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman's Poor Excuse for a Carbon TaxHuffington Post (blog)
NACS Online -Dallas Morning News (blog) -Daily Mail - Charleston
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