NEWS SNIPPETS

Green tax

An energy tax on businesses in the UK is on the anvil

SAM will change

Global warming will warm Antarctica

Hole in the pocket too!

World's first

California's GHG norms for automobiles

HASINA CRITICISED

Good riddance to bad rubbish

The nastiest greenhouse gas in the world meets its match

Going cheap

Australia is about to set up an emissions trading exchange

A climate fund

Taking emissions into account

Institutional investors press companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

No fart tax

Ecofriendly fire

A comprehensive GHG inventory for India is within reach

It will not necessarily require new resources, but better co-ordination and commitment of existing resources

HEADS or TAILS

A close look at the history of climate change negotiations reveals some alarmingly reckless traits in Indian policymaking

Could clouds’ radiator effect vanish with global warming?

A new study published in Nature makes this conclusion. But not all agree

It can only get warmer

Scientists discover a greenhouse gas that is several times more dangerous than carbon dioxide

Carbon shopping

About US $100 million worth of global greenhouse gas emissions have been traded since 1996

Emission quota trading

Right stop

Atmospheric levels of methane have stabilised

Big business

Methane matters

But surely not more then carbon dioxide?

Hot data

False hopes sunk?

The Amazon emits high levels of greenhouse gases

Soiled option?

US scientists evolve way to sequester carbon dioxide in soil

The rising