Two large energy firms agree to work together to develop carbon-capture and storage – if they can get the UK government funding.

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Carbon capture plan for Peterhead

EU plans for carbon pricing aviation, “broken promises” on finance and the West’s historical emissions look set to divide nations at the UN climate summit.

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Federal agencies are buying more hybrid vehicles, installing energy-efficient light bulbs and using rainwater to hydrate outdoor landscaping as part of the Obama administration’s goals of reducing the government’s carbon footprint. Dozens of federal agencies — from the Pentagon to the Smithsonian — plan to release progress reports Monday on what they’re doing to reduce the government’s carbon footprint after President Obama ordered them to do so back in 2009. Since then, the White House has said that the government is aiming to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020 . Read full article > >

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Scotland’s first minister says the UK government’s move to scrap the UK’s first carbon capture project in Fife was a “tragedy”.

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Salmond anger over scrapped plan

Researchers find that tiny tubes of carbon bound together in a “yarn” rotate like muscles – but with a thousands of times more twist than ever seen before.

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Nanotube yarns twist like muscles

The European Union has the legal right to force foreign airlines to pay for their carbon emissions, an adviser to Europe’s highest court declared Thursday. Starting in January, any airline that lands or takes off in Europe will have to offset the greenhouse gases it emits during those flights by buying carbon allowances as part of the E.U. Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The European Commission estimates the carbon permits could add a cost of between $2.66 and $15.96 per ticket. Read full article > >

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E.U. can force U.S. airlines to buy carbon permits, court adviser says

Trees, natural carbon sponges, help keep heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But insect and human threats are taking a heavy toll on them.

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Temperature Rising: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Crucial Climate Protectors

London cyclists inhale more than double the amount of black carbon, or soot, than pedestrians, research suggests.

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Cyclists ‘inhale double the soot’

Thousands of people gather in Canberra to campaign against government proposals for a carbon tax to curb greenhouse emissions.

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Protest over Australia carbon tax

Fears of trade war over EU airline carbon cap

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Plans to create an onshore pipeline carrying up to two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) across Scotland are proposed.

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An inquest has found that two people murdered by Coin Howell and his lover Hazel Stewart were the victims of “homicidal carbon monoxide poisoning”.

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Howell ‘so sorry’ inquest hears

Worldwide carbon emissions hit a record high last year, casting doubt on plans to limit global temperature rises to 2C, an energy watchdog says.

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New record in world CO2 emissions

In the wake of the devastating tornadoes in the central U.S., the International Energy Agency has reported that, despite the recession, greenhouse-gas emissions increased by a record amount last year to the highest carbon output in history. A record…

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Record Carbon Emissions in 2010

New window stickers will compare a vehicle’s emissions of carbon dioxide with those of all other vehicles.

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New Mileage Stickers Include Greenhouse Gas Data