GreenWise poll: will 2011 be significant for green business?

Explore Green Wise (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...le energy sources become more commercially viable and attractive but a number of governments across Europe, notably Spain and Germany, are removing Feed-in Tariff provisions as they have become 'over-subscr......e long-term fall-out from COP16 agreement plays out. What’s more, COP17, the 17th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN's annual climate change negotiations, in Durban coul... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Forrester Research   Europe

WSJ: Forget the UN Climate Convention -- Rethink Innovation Instead

Explore The Energy Collective (Nov 29 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear , Solar

...f U.N. climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. Today also marks the launch of a new web site, Breakthrough Europe, and its kick-off post, "Cancun Can't: The Twilight of European Climate Leadership," which document...... it. At the same time, wealthy nations shouldn't try to hammer out these kinds of agreements in the United Nations, where they get bogged down in politicking with smaller nations. Big countries should work ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   Europe   United Nations

Exemption Deals Possible on E.U. Airline Emissions Regulations

Explore The New York Times (Oct 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

... to comply with its climate policies. It has prompted bitter criticism from the airline industry in Europe and abroad, especially from carriers in the United States. Under the law, airlines would not be cha......gotiations over the past two weeks at a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations body, to gain greater acceptance for E.U. policies on aviation emissions. A final resolution by the... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   Europe   United Nations

U.S. Falls From Internet Elite, Aims to Catch Iceland, Hungary

Explore BusinessWeek (Jun 2 2010) Networking

...today in Portugal and Japan. Internet access has triggered policy debates worldwide. Delegates at a United Nations conference that continues through June 4 in Hyderabad, India, are discussing ways to increase Web u...... lots of people who don’t own computers,” Atkinson said in an interview. In France and elsewhere in Europe, “pretty intense competition” has led to lower prices, innovative services and fast connections, Ta... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Google