CARBON abatement programs may come at a cost for manufacturers, but not implementing a program could prove a significant business risk. Daniel Hall writes
07/03/2008
CERAMIC technology can cut both fuel costs and carbon emissions from Australia's commercial vehicle fleet.
03/04/2008
The federal government will reveal the final plan for its emissions trading scheme by mid December.
01/12/2008
A RECENT survey has found that big business is seriously unprepared for the national carbon emissions trading scheme, set to begin within two years.
02/07/2008
Car manufacturer Toyota has announced it will strengthen its environmental initiatives by lowering its carbon output in the areas of research, development and manufacturing.
02/10/2008
German researchers in Spremberg have launched the world's first almost emission-free coal-fired power plant, spearheading the global push to produce clean coal.
07/10/2008
The federal government has released a guidance paper to assess activities of the Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) assistance program under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
25/02/2009
Al Gore launches investment market for sustainability and cleantech stocks, with Schneider a foundation member.
09/10/2007
A UK technology company is working to clean up the power, manufacturing and transport industries, with next-generation instrumentation.
15/01/2008
A carpet company claims to have become the first Australian manufacturer with 100% of its products Climate Neutral.
10/07/2007
Australia's second largest energy retailer Origin Energy this week supported moves by Woodside Petroleum urging the federal government to give free carbon trading permits to the liquified natural gas (LNG) sector.
11/08/2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered a sharp rebuke to big business for seeking emissions trading concessions.
04/09/2008
CONCERN that the Australian manufacturing sector is under prepared for the impending carbon trading system has increased after a recent report found that 73% of manufacturing leaders have taken no action on climate change.
23/06/2008
Report claims a lack of understanding about the proposed CPRS and a worrying surge in regulation associated with greenhouse gas emissions.
21/07/2009
The Federal Government has announced the delay of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) until 2011.
05/05/2009
Australia joined 18 other countries to discuss ways domestic initiatives, including the development of new technologies, can increase the supply of clean energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
29/04/2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe have announced that Toyota Australia will produce 10,000 hybrid Camrys a year at Altona, from 2010.
10/06/2008
State and territory governments are set to lose up to $1.4 billion a year to the federal government as a result of the introduction of the Carbon Emission Reduction Scheme, a new report warns.
06/08/2008
GE Energy says it could build a coal-fired power station by 2015 that would be the first in Australia to bury its greenhouse gas emissions.
31/07/2008
The federal government’s White Paper released this week proposes an emissions reduction scheme that is a positive compromise but a stretch nonetheless, the Australian Industry Group says.
17/12/2008