Word: carbonization
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...part, Rudd has maintained a strong edge on environmental issues. And while Howard has introduced a raft of actions on climate change over the past few months, including a proposed national carbon-trading system, his conversion might be too little, too late. Howard told an Australian TV station on Nov. 9 that "I don't think the world is about to come to an end because of climate change." One hopes not, but his time in office looks like it might...
...California chiropractor Forrest Shaklee in 1956, the company introduced a nontoxic, biodegradable cleaner in 1960 and a phosphate-free laundry detergent in 1972 and sold lines of natural health supplements and skin-care products. In 2000 it became the first company in the world to entirely offset its carbon emissions and be certified climate neutral. But Shaklee's sales weren't as impressive as its environmental credentials. They were essentially the same in 2004 as they had been a decade before, despite significant growth in the overall "green" market. Barnett, who in 2003 was casting about for his next investment...
...nations in the world will play a role in those negotiations, but their success and failure will come down to two countries: the U.S. and China. If the world's two biggest carbon emitters can agree to cap their greenhouse gas emissions - neither signed on for limits under Kyoto - we may stand a chance of averting the grimmest consequences of climate change. If they fail, then the IPCC has already written our future. We'll find out in Bali...
...Australia generates 1.4% of global carbon emissions - mostly from coal-fired power stations - and that share is shrinking as Chinese and Indian emissions soar. No matter what Canberra does, the effects on the world's climate "are likely to be extremely small," says Australian National University economist Alex Robson, "almost certainly zero." Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull argues, with Howard, that climate change cannot be addressed without coordinated action by all major emitters. But Labor, he says, takes the view that "we must purify ourselves, regardless of how poor it makes us to become pure...
...less-than-pure-green policies. Rudd stunned many supporters last week when he abruptly embraced Howard's position on a post-Kyoto climate treaty. It would be "an essential prerequisite" for a Labor government's support, Rudd said, that developing nations also make binding commitments to rein in their carbon emissions. Explaining the now-mutual policy, Howard said: "We can't have a situation where Australian industry is bound to take steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but competitive countries like China are not bound." That, he said, would effectively export Australian emissions and jobs to China...