emissions, definition of

Net Metering is a method of crediting customers for electricity that they generate on site in excess of their own electricity consumption. Customers with their own generation offset the electricity they would have purchased from their utility. If such customers generate more than they use in a billing period, their electric meter turns backwards to indicate their net excess generation.

Depending on individual state or utility rules, the net excess generation may be credited to their account (in many cases at the retail price), carried over to a future billing period, or ignored.

• Saving Money
  Saving money and being green at the same time? We show how it is possible..
• Underfloor heating, is it Green?
  We look at the various options available for underfloor heating and whether it can be considered or made more green.
• Keeping Chickens, how they are good for you and the garden
  Chickens are a valuable addition to any garden, we explain why you should keep them and what are their benefits.
• Trans fats - why they are bad for you and the environment
  Trans Fats are know to be very bad for your long term health, we also explain how Trans Fats are also bad for the environment too.
• Cheap Solar Panels - do they exist?
  What the cheapest solar panels are and if its clear you get what you are paying for...
• Solar Power - the facts about setting up Solar Power
  Solar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.
• Eco Tourism, how to minimise your effects
  Eco tourism is about enjoying remote places and destinations whilst minimising your environmental or cultural impact. This article goes into some detail on this subject.
• Does Sydney need a desalination plant?
  We look at whether Sydney has an actual case for a water desalination plant or not. This article will look at what other options there are.
• Is using a wood fire to heat being Green?
  We look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.
• Whats the fuss about Biochar?
  Biochar - what is it? This article explains what biochar is and how it will help us with carbon capture and improving the soil.
• Low Allergen Building Design
  Low allergen design is a whole building approach that aims to reduce and avoid all known allergens, and to minimize the conditions in which they occur. This article shows you how.
• Green Home Building and Ecology in Australia
  Info and sites that help with building a sustainable and green home in Australia and useful government agencies to be aware of. Also advice on dealing with architects and builders.
• Green Christmas, is it possible?
  Christmas and being green don't often go together, we provide advice on reducing your environmental impact to be more Green for Christmas.
• Keeping your home Cool in Summer or Warm in Winter for free!
  How to keep cool or warm in your home by design, either in Summer or Winter, whilst reducing costs to you and the Earth..

• The Australian Carbon tax is no more
  Yesterday in the Senate the Carbon Tax was removed. This was a great victory for common sense as concerns realistic environmental policy.
• Dueling Climate Reports
  In the interests of free speech I'm reposting this article so it gets better exposure.
• Second hand building materials
  Second hand building materials offer an excellent way to reduce environmental impact, we show you how.
• Climate Council, represents who?
  The Climate Commission is being reformed as the Climate Council, we ask who do they represent and what is their funding model?
• Carbon Tax does not work
  Carbon Tax has been shown in the US to be totally ineffective; we compare against the situation with Carbon Tax in Australia.
• Free Green Dictionary App updated
  The Free Green Dictionary App has now been updated.
• Green Dictionary App available for Free
  We have taken the definitions off the Ecowho.com online dictionary and made them available for free in a standalone Android app.
• Property Assess App for buying or renting property released.
  We have just completed an application that will assist you with the process of considering properties for sale or to rent. It should take away much of the stress with keep track of notes, photos and key details.
• Cancun Cloud Feedback problems
  It appears that a 'weak' paper has been published supporting the IPCC cloud feedback models to coincide with the last day of Cancun.. hmm..
• Climate models are just wrong..
  In a recent paper climate models were hindcast tested against actual surface observations, and found to be seriously lacking if not totally useless... We provide some more background detail.
• 2010 the warmest ever; we think not
  The UN's WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) is saying 2010 will be warmest ever... The evidence does not back up the claim
• Will Kyoto fall on its own sword?
  It looks like Japan will stop Kyoto being extended and put a big cloud over Cancun.
• Climatic Models incomplete - poor understanding of mid level clouds cited
  Clouds play a major role in the climate-change equation, but they are the least-understood variable in the sky, observes a Texas A&M University geoscientist, who says mid-level clouds are especially understudied.
• Indonesia to cut down rainforests for $1Bn climate aid
  Indonesia plans to class large areas of its remaining natural forests as "degraded" in order to cut them down and receive nearly $1bn of climate aid for replanting them with palm trees and biofuel crops.
• Climate change is not the long term problem, environmental degradation is.
  We propose that man-made climate change, as a risk to society as we know it, is less of a real risk than current environmental degradation and pollution.
• CO2 global levels rising, is this a problem?
  According to recent reports in the media it looks like 2010 is 'expected' to be a record this year. We look into the actual facts and find this is just speculation prior to Cancum.
• Solar Panel Calculator
  Solar Panel Calculator, given the size, power and number of panels works out total power, rated voltage and amps.
• A Rational Discussion of Climate Change: the Science, the Evidence, the Response
  US House of Representatives Science Committee has a meeting today titled 'A Rational Discussion of Climate Change: the Science, the Evidence, the Response' - we give you the details.
• Green Blogging Sites
  if you run a green or eco blog, we would be interested in hearing from you
• Green gardening tips
  Just some simple tips I've found that make it easier to maintain a green garden.
• Plug pulled in French “Super Ministry of Environment”
  Its seems the French have given a big fat 'Nill Points' to the plans to set up a “Super Ministry of Environment” in France.
• ClimateGate Anniversary
  ClimateGate is just about to celebrate being one year old. We look at what has changed over the last year.
• Green Guffs of the week
  Quick summary of some major 'green' snarfs of the week in terms of not really doing the right thing to save the environment.
• Carbon trading is dead
  Carbon trading in the US is dead - the market set up to trade it is about to close down for lack of business.
• Biofuels destroying Rain Forests
  Biofuel producing crops are replacing rain forests, resulting in the silly situation that there is a net increase in carbon.
• Qantas A380 no crash in Singapore
  For those wondering about the Qantas A380 flight from Singapore, it did not crash.
• Climate Fools Meeting in the UK
  The UK just had a meeting at parliament of key climate skeptics and MPs to help educate other MPs and interested people in the real issues.
• 10:10 - 10 reasons carbon emissions trading does not work
  Carbon emissions trading does not work, we give you 10 solid reasons why it won't.
• carbon trading does not reduce emissions
  Carbon trading will not do a thing to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment; in fact it could end up doing the exact opposite as businesses use it as a way to create profit.
• 10:10 cut carbon emissions video, the links
  A quick summary posting giving links to the coverage so far online and in the media.
• 10:10 cut carbon emissions viral video nightmare
  The 10:10 global campaign to cut global carbon emissions has demonstrated in a video they just pulled of their website (but has gone viral, so too late) exactly what they think of those who disagree with them...

• Money to ‘Decarbonize’ as Useless as Gym Memberships and Extended Warranties
  The $20 trillion investment in “decarbonization” in the U.S. and Europe has been an abject failure. It would be a wiser expenditure of tax dollars for governments to subsidize lifetime gym memberships for every citizen. At least then there’d be...
• AI is Killing Australia’s CO2 Emission Plans
  A surge in data center demand is forcing politicians to revise energy transition roadmaps.
• Claim: President Trump’s Fault CO2 Emissions Are Still Rising
  "... The Trump administration’s efforts to boost oil and natural gas production and suppress renewable energy ... were enough to postpone the plateau ..."
• Sadiq Khan’s Ulez Expansion Had No Impact on Air Pollution, Study Finds
  Sadiq Khan’s hated Ulez expansion across Greater London had no impact on air pollution, a new study by scientists at the University of Birmingham has found...
• Pielke Jnr — “No country has ever achieved the rate of decarbonisation Australia is aiming for”
  By Jo Nova Firstly, all that money we spent — it’s done nothing (shh!) It turns out Australia’s economy has been decarbonising at the same rate for decades regardless of how many windmills and solar panels we install, or how many UN...
• Piekle Jnr — “No country has ever achieved the rate of decarbonisation Australia is aiming for”
  By Jo Nova Firstly, all that money we spent — it’s done nothing (shh!) It turns out Australia’s economy has been decarbonising at the same rate for decades regardless of how many windmills and solar panels we install, or how many UN...
• Blockbuster: Billions on wind, solar, batteries, has only cut Australian emissions 4% in 20 years (trees did the other 24%!)
  By Jo Nova Nearly all the “climate action” we’ve paid for in Australia has only reduced emissions by 3.9% in 20 years Anthony Albanese is proud that Australia has reduced emissions by 28% since 2005, but doesn’t tell Australians...
• Scientific American: AI is Power Hungry, but it Could Cut Emissions
  The researchers claim "behavioural change" as a field where AI can help.

Related Tags: pollution, climate change

A limit placed on companies regarding the amount of greenhouse gases (or other polutants) it can emit.

This is a concept often used by policymakers in reference to the problem that emissions abatement achieved in one location may be offset by increased emissions in unregulated locations. Such leakage can arise, for example, in the short term as emissions abaters reduce energy demand or timber supply, influencing world prices for these commodities and increasing the quantity emitted elsewhere; and it can arise in the longer term, for example, as industries relocate to avoid controls.

This is an economic incentive-based alternative to command-and-control regulation. In an emissions trading program, sources of a particular pollutant (most often an air pollutant) are given permits to release a specified number of tons of the pollutant. The government issues only a limited number of permits consistent with the desired level of emissions. The owners of the permits may keep them and release the pollutants, or reduce their emissions and sell the permits. The fact that the permits have value as an item to be sold or traded gives the owner an incentive to reduce their emissions.

• 10:10 - 10 reasons carbon emissions trading does not work
  Carbon emissions trading does not work, we give you 10 solid reasons why it won't.

• Record drop for Australia's emissions: What's working and what isn't?
  Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.
• Record drop for Australia's emissions. What's working and what isn't?
  Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.
• 'We've hit the lottery': Businesses cash in on Labor's home battery rebate
  Consumers will see the price for home batteries slashed by the federal government. With a mandate to address climate change, investment in renewables is expected to soar.
• Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29
  Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of action
• Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
  Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally
• Are electric cars really greener than petrol cars? We've lined up two SUVs and put them to the test
  Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you've probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are really better for the climate. To save you from your next barbecue encounter, we have put two cars to the test.
• Multi-billion-dollar bid to turn Pilbara's red dirt to green steel
  Australia's iron ore industry goes hand-in-hand with China. But it is a South Korean company looking to stump up billions of dollars for this green iron facility. 
• What impact does the Guardian have on the natural world?
  We have been measuring our organisation’s biodiversity footprint – here’s how we did it
• Energy transition titan Hugh Saddler’s quest to cut emissions leaves lasting legacy
  Hugh Saddler influenced a generation of researchers and policy-makers, not least through his involvement in the ACT’s 100% renewable energy transition

Related Tags: emissions trading

Emissions trading or cap and trade is usually a government-mandated, market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants.

• 10:10 - 10 reasons carbon emissions trading does not work
  Carbon emissions trading does not work, we give you 10 solid reasons why it won't.

• Record drop for Australia's emissions: What's working and what isn't?
  Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.
• Record drop for Australia's emissions. What's working and what isn't?
  Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.
• 'We've hit the lottery': Businesses cash in on Labor's home battery rebate
  Consumers will see the price for home batteries slashed by the federal government. With a mandate to address climate change, investment in renewables is expected to soar.
• Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29
  Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of action
• Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
  Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally
• Are electric cars really greener than petrol cars? We've lined up two SUVs and put them to the test
  Whether you drive an electric car or are considering making the switch, you've probably been drawn into a discussion about whether they are really better for the climate. To save you from your next barbecue encounter, we have put two cars to the test.
• Multi-billion-dollar bid to turn Pilbara's red dirt to green steel
  Australia's iron ore industry goes hand-in-hand with China. But it is a South Korean company looking to stump up billions of dollars for this green iron facility. 
• What impact does the Guardian have on the natural world?
  We have been measuring our organisation’s biodiversity footprint – here’s how we did it
• Energy transition titan Hugh Saddler’s quest to cut emissions leaves lasting legacy
  Hugh Saddler influenced a generation of researchers and policy-makers, not least through his involvement in the ACT’s 100% renewable energy transition

Related Tags: carbon trading