[greenlifestyle] [artikel ] REDD Project Design Method Gets Boost From Auditors

 

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2011, Tarif Listrik Naik Lagi
18-Aug-2010
Rabu, 18 Agustus 2010 | 07:05 WIB

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Setelah naik rata-rata 10 persen tahun ini, tahun 2011 pemerintah mengusulkan tarif dasar listrik kembali naik, yakni 15 persen. Usul ini bagian dari rencana menurunkan subsidi listrik secara bertahap, yaitu dari Rp 55,1 triliun pada 2010 menjadi Rp 41 triliun pada 2011.
Menteri Keuangan Agus Martowardojo mengharapkan kenaikan tarif dasar listrik (TDL) itu bisa diterapkan mulai awal 2011.

Nuclear Waste Issue Could Be Solved, If...
18-Aug-2010
Date: 18-Aug-10
Country: USA
Author: Alina Selyukh

Nuclear energy offers several advantages: It's clean, powerful and relatively cheap. But it also yields hazardous waste, a fact that terrifies a public haunted by memories of accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear reactors.
In America, about 60,000 tonnes of heavy nuclear energy byproducts sit in radioactive dumps, with no potential use and no expiration date in sight, while federal experts rack their brains for a better way to manage nuclear waste.

 REDD Project Design Method Gets Boost From Auditors
17-Aug-2010
Date: 17-Aug-10
Country: SINGAPORE
Author: David Fogarty

A carbon accounting technique aimed at saving tropical forests has passed a key hurdle, strengthening chances it could underpin development of a potential multi-billion dollar market for forest carbon offsets.U.S. firm Terra Global Capital said the method had passed the first of two formal audits the benchmark Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) requires. When fully verified, it could be used in a U.N.-backed carbon-cutting scheme known as reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).