[greenlifestyle] [artikel ] U.S. Court To Hear Utilities' Emissions Suit Appeal

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Brazil Farmers Eye Forestry To Stem Climate Change
07-Dec-2010; 06:53
Date: 07-Dec-10
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Inae Riveras

Brazil's leading agriculture lobby is recommending that farmers in the world's emerging bread basket plant trees as a way to boost financial returns while offsetting carbon emissions, according to a report it released on Monday.Parts of Brazil's agricultural sector have come under fierce criticism from the country's international competitors for allegedly expanding output at the cost of destroying native forests.

China Says Can Make Voluntary CO2 Curbs "Binding"
07-Dec-2010; 06:57
Date: 07-Dec-10
Country: MEXICO
Author: Chris Buckley

China is prepared to make its voluntary carbon emissions target part of a binding U.N. resolution, a concession that may pressure developed countries to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a senior negotiator told Reuters.U.N. climate talks in Mexico's Cancun beach resort hinge on agreement to cement national emissions targets after 2012, when the present round of Kyoto carbon caps end.

U.N. Talks To Delay CO2 Market Deal For Forests: EU
07-Dec-2010; 06:59
Date: 07-Dec-10
Country: MEXICO
Author: REUTERS

The European Union wants to delay a deal to use carbon markets to reward countries which protect their tropical forests, beyond U.N. climate talks in Cancun, said EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard.The aim of a U.N. deal on tropical forests is to pay countries which preserve their trees, and so cut carbon emissions, also called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).

U.S. Court To Hear Utilities' Emissions Suit Appeal
07-Dec-2010; 07:00
Date: 07-Dec-10
Country: USA
Author: James Vicini

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear an appeal by four big coal-burning utilities of a ruling that a group of states and New York City can proceed with a global-warming lawsuit seeking to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the power companies.The justices agreed to review a ruling by a U.S. appeals court that reinstated a 2004 lawsuit by eight states, New York City and three land trusts claiming the utilities have created a public nuisance by contributing to global warming.