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China and U.S: Holdings of U.S Securities

Posted by Oiwan Lam on 22/07/2008

AhQ notices the big share in Chinese holdings of U.S securities especially after the recent financial crisis. The blogger comments that: no wonder Bush has to bow to the Chinese government.

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Is Carbon Trading the Solution to Global Warming?

Posted by Environmental Leader on 21/07/2008

CNN had a story over the weekend on carbon trading. Supporters of carbon trading say it offers companies incentives to become sustainable and targets polluting companies where it hurts most - their wallets. But the cost incurred by companies could be passed down to consumers.Abyd Karmali, the glo ...

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Half Of S&P 100 Released Sustainability Report In 2007

Posted by Environmental Leader on 21/07/2008

Over 50 percent of America’s largest public traded companies now report on their sustainability effort, and over a third integrate elements of the Global Reporting Initiative sustainability reporting guidelines, according to a report by the Sustainable Investment Research Analysts Network.T ...

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Australians Compensated For Emissions Trading System

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/07/2008

Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said power producers and households will be compensated for an emissions trading system starting in mid-2010, which will let markets decide the price of carbon, Bloomberg reports.An Electricity Sector Adjustment Scheme and a Climate Action Fund will b ...

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Exelon GHG Reduction Plan Could Cost $10 Billion+

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/07/2008

Exelon Corp. unveiled an environmental plan, Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, that maps out the corporate-wide approach and initiatives Exelon is pursing to offset or displace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually by 2020.The company estimates that the greenhouse ...

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