The price for most-active European CO2 allowances scaled a two-week peak on Tuesday, thanks largely to surging front-month Brent crude oil prices, traders said.
Connecticut has become the fifth US state to set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions, after its senate on Monday unanimously approved a bill requiring a state-wide emission cut to 10 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80
Spanish power sector emissions over the first four months of 2008 fell to around 28.3 million tonnes carbon dioxide, a 3.3 per cent drop compared to the same period last year, according to green group WWF.
Greece has received a warning from the European commission for failing to provide adequate monitoring of greenhouse gases emissions which is needed to comply with UN regulations laid out under the Kyoto protocol, a commission spokesperson confirmed today.
Expectations of a rise in international carbon credit prices may persuade sellers to renegotiate contracts with utilities, funds and banks, said buyers at a conference Tuesday.
A lack of auditors of carbon credits from greenhouse gas reduction projects through the Kyoto protocol will continue until late this year or early 2009, an industry insider told a conference on Tuesday.
The Lieberman-Warner bill could reduce new natural gas drilling in the US by more than 30 per cent and shrink gas production by as much as 12 per cent by 2030, according to a study commissioned by the American Petroleum
Historically, manufacturing with larger wafers helps increase the ability to produce semiconductors at a lower cost. The total silicon surface area of a 450mm wafer and the number of printed die (individual computer chips, for example) is more than twice
Iraq's order for 30 Boeing 737-800 aircraft marked "the first step in re-establishing that country's scheduled commercial aviation operations," they said in a joint statement. Iraq has also contracted options for 10 additional 737s, at a list price of $747,500.
Natural gas prices are the linchpin for manufacturers in any proposed climate change solution," said NAM CEO John Engler. "Manufacturers are the most natural gas intensive sector, and affordable natural gas is essential to the long-term competitiveness of manufacturing and
Discount retailer Target Corporation has reached an agreement to sell nearly half its credit card receivables to financial services firm JPMorgan Chase for $3.6bn.
Los Angeles-based casual apparel designer People's Liberation Inc has signed Subranded/The Clear Agency to distribute its People’s Liberation and William Rast brands in UK and Ireland through December 2010.
Retail group Men’s Wearhouse has announced the appointment of Mary Beth Blake to the position of chief merchandising officer at K&G Fashion Superstore, the company’s discount outlet.
Big Dog Holdings has widened its first quarter net loss to US$4.98m from $4.14m in the same period last year, and announced a change to its corporate name.
