Environment
Climate Talks in Cancun Have Dim Prognosis Nine Months Before They Start Government negotiators are already
writing off chances for a global treaty to fight climate change,
nine months before the annual talks begin in Cancun, Mexico.
Cold Tuna, Hot Baseball Fans Face New Rules Under Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Plan Tokyo will start a citywide cap-
and-trade system next month, beating the central government to
become the first jurisdiction in Japan to introduce mandatory
pollution limits and trading in carbon credits.
Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas to Be Studied by U.S. EPA for Risks Risks to water quality and public
health from using hydraulic fracturing to obtain natural gas
will be studied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
regulator said.
Hungarian Broker Says Big European Trader Bought Recycled Carbon Credits One of “the biggest trading
houses” in the European Union bought used UN credits coming
from Hungary before they re-entered the bloc’s emissions market,
intermediary Hungarian Energy Power Kft said today.
GE Tells Obama to `Sell Hard' in Indonesia as China Pursues Clean Energy General Electric Co. Chief
Executive Jeffrey Immelt wants Barack Obama to “sell hard” in
Indonesia as he extols U.S. expertise in industries such as
clean energy. He’ll have to work fast -- Premier Wen Jiabao will
make China’s sales pitch in Jakarta next month.
Beluga Sturgeon Placed on Swiss Group's `Critically Endangered' Red List Beluga sturgeon, famed for its
caviar, was classified today as “critically endangered” for
the first time on a conservation group’s Red List of species
threatened with extinction.
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