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US legislature to introduce a market-based mechanism to place a price on carbon?

13 February 2013 — US President Barack Obama has called on the US legislature to introduce a market-based mechanism to place a price on carbon. President Obama was delivering his 2013 State of the Union address, delivered to Congress, 13 February, Australian time. The President called on Congress to pass a bill similar to that proposed by Senator John McCain and former Senator Joe Lieberman a few years ago, which would have introduced a US “cap and trade” emissions trading scheme. “I urge this Congress to get together to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one …

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Burn bush, reduce emissions: evaluating costs and benefits of prescribed burning

By Matthias Boer, University of Western Sydney and Ross Bradstock, University of Wollongong Bushfires are, together with cyclones and flooding, among the most important natural hazards affecting Australian communities. They also make a significant contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Australia has bushfires because of our inherently flammable vegetation types, the recurrence of severe droughts, and a high incidence of hot, dry weather conditions. Management agencies cannot control climate and weather. Consequently, fire hazard reduction focuses primarily on reducing bushland fuel. Starting fires to stop fires In most of Australia’s fire-prone environments, “burning off” – more formally known as prescribed, …

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Carbon reduction across food supply chains

What can be achieved if you gather every player in a product’s supply chain in a single room to talk about greenhouse gas emissions reduction? The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and Sustainability Victoria (SV) decided to find out in a Pilot study. Ai Group and SV teamed up with businesses from two supply chains to identify the full range of emission reduction opportunities for two leading food products: SPC’s 410 gram can of peaches in natural juice and Bulla’s two litre tub of Creamy Classics vanilla ice cream. The study applied life cycle thinking to effectively target the carbon …

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