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MyCarpools Free Public Carpooling System

An advanced internet based carpooling system, originally designed for private corporate use, has been released free on the internet. MyCarpools has been developed for companies to provide as a service and staff benefit for their workers. However the high petrol prices and the difficulty that is causing people have prompted the developers to release a version to the internet for free.

Peak hour car trips have higher emissions

An RACQ study has found that Brisbane drivers use 30 per cent more fuel getting to work in peak hour, compared to the same journey in the middle of the day.

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'Father of global warming' to speak in Adelaide

The so-called "father of global warming" is using his Australian visit to push for a global carbon payment system.

Climate change is a fact, says China

A deputy director of China's most powerful economic ministry has come out swinging against climate change denial.

U.N. climate panel faces major review

Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N. climate panel, has seen the volunteer group come under fire in recent months.The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after a trickle of unsettling errors in the authoritative reports written by a global warming panel.




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Chavez trusts God and nature in power crisis

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.

Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.

China unsure on warming cause, to stick with CO2 cuts

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

China and India endorse Copenhagen Climate Accord

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China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States. More than 100 nations have now endorsed the Copenhagen Accord, a non-binding agreement reached after two weeks of tortuous wrangling at a 194-nation summit in December. The accord plans $100 billion a year in climate aid for developing nations from 2020 and seeks to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6F) above pre-industrial times, but produced no timetable of emission limits to reach that goal.

ABC chair criticises climate change coverage

ABC chairman Maurice Newman has attacked the media for being too willing to accept the conventional wisdom on climate change.

Third of EU emissions 'imported'

Research shows some EU countries "import" about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.


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