http://nettlive.com Just another Nettlive.com weblog Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/cap-and-trade-loses-billions-to-fraud/ http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/cap-and-trade-loses-billions-to-fraud/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:04:39 +0000 kamlesh http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/cap-and-trade-loses-billions-to-fraud/ addLoadEvent(meyshan_search_king_autocomplete_activate); As negotiators grapple in Copenhagen over how to curtail carbon emissions, Europe’s own system turns out to be an ATM for organized crime. According to officials, criminals have gamed the EU’s Emissions Trading System for a cool $7.4 billion in purloined tax revenues over the last 18 months. Share it]]> As negotiators grapple in Copenhagen over how to curtail carbon emissions, Europe’s own system turns out to be an ATM for organized crime. According to officials, criminals have gamed the EU’s Emissions Trading System for a cool $7.4 billion in purloined tax revenues over the last 18 months.

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Share it]]> http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/how-to-capitalize-on-carbon-pt-1-balancing-earth/feed/ 0 http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/how-to-improve-u-s-water-quality/ http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/how-to-improve-u-s-water-quality/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:04:39 +0000 kamlesh http://nettlive.com/2010/02/28/how-to-improve-u-s-water-quality/ Environmental engineer Marc Edwards, of Virginia Tech University, discusses ways to improve water quality in the United States, such as having more stringent safety regulations and better methods for detecting contaminants, including lead.

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