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Welcome to Taiwan Emission Trading Association. We are a non-profit organization consists of environmental experts and people who cares about global emission issues. Our goal is to reduce the green house gas through the effort throughout the organization. |
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■ President's Air Pollution Initiative Is Revived 
WASHINGTON, May 26 - President Bush's moribund air pollution initiative got unexpected life on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to analyze competing legislation, satisfying a months-old request from the Senate. 2005-5-27《reference:The New Your Times》 |
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■ 'Climate change will make more people hungry'
Rome - Climate change threatens to increase the number of the world's hungry by reducing the area of land available for farming in developing countries, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned in a statement on Thursday. 2005-5-26 |
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■ Bush Touts Hydrogen, Pushes for Energy Bill
WASHINGTON , DC , May 26, 2005 (ENS) - Hydrogen is "the wave of the future," President George W. Bush said Wednesday during a visit to a hydrogen fueling station in Washington , D.C. The clean fuel offers the United States a road away from its increasing dependence on foreign oil, said Bush, who again called on Congress to pass a comprehensive energy bill. 2005-5-26 |
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■ India major seller in emissions market
About 107 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) was exchanged in 2004 through `Kyoto Protocol' projects, mostly purchased by rich countries in developing countries and in countries with economies in transition; up 38 per cent compared to the 78 million tCO2e traded in 2003. It is estimated that 43 million tCO2e have been exchanged so far this year.
2005-5-25 |
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■ EU orders 9% cut in Italy pollution allowances
European Union regulators on Wednesday ordered a 9 percent reduction in air pollution allowed by permits that Italy is giving industry, seeking to ensure companies buy some allowances as the EU emissions-trading market nears completion.
2005-5-25 |
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■ CO2 registry opens this week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will open its registry for storing carbon dioxide emission allowances this week, allowing firms to take part fully in the European Union emissions trading scheme, the government said on Tuesday.
2005-5-24 |
■ Trading starts in first carbon futures contracts
European Climate Exchange (ECX) and the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) today announced that the first day of trading for ECX Carbon Financial Instrument (ECX CFI) futures contracts saw 108,000 tonnes of CO2 traded. Full details of the day's trading are as follows:
- Volume traded:108,000 tonnes-108 lots
- Price range:��16.80-��17.40
- Closing price for December 2005:��16.85
2005-5-22 |
■ Measuring the reality of climate change
Scientists have reported worrying signs that the vast ice sheet over Greenland is melting. If the whole mass of ice disappeared, the world's sea level would rise by about six metres ( 20ft ). David Shukman meets the Nasa team who study the effects of climate change on the ground.
《reference:BBC News》2005-5-21 |
■ Global warming could lead to crowding in Europe
The middle of Europe could become crowded with "climate-change refugees" escaping a thawing Arctic to the north and Mediterranean droughts to the south, the head of the European Environment Agency said yesterday. 2005-5-21 |
■ US freezes hopes for global warming agreement
The UK government's hopes of reaching international agreement on global warming have been dealt a serious blow after a US spokesman said he was not convinced that action needs to be taken immediately.
2005-5-20 |
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