So why has the Earth failed to warm for a decade?: Two ‘New’ Greenhouse Gases Growing
Two new greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the US and CSIRO.Bummer: Australia's climate [scam] reputation 'damaged'
Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) are powerful greenhouse gases have recently been discovered to be growing quickly in the global background atmosphere.
Professor Clive Hamilton, from the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, says the government's planned emissions trading scheme has damaged Australia's reputation on climate change.US carbon [scam] cap to raise power prices-Moody's
A reduction target of at least 25 per cent needed to be set if the government wanted credibility on the world stage, he told the Senate inquiry hearing in Canberra.
LOS ANGELES, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. electricity prices are likely to rise 15 to 30 percent if a national cap on carbon dioxide emissions is instituted, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service.
And "the vast majority" of the burden of those higher costs will be borne by residents as large industrial users are likely to be successful in lobbying U.S. lawmakers for special rates and tariffs, the report dated March showed.
If carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are priced at $20 per metric ton, it would add about $48 billion in costs for the electric utility sector, Moody's said.
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