Griffith Hack Clean & Sustainable Technologies

An Australian-led proposal to extend the Clean Development Mechanism to cover Clean Coal was rejected at the United Nations climate conference in Poznan.  Despite being supported by a majority of countries, Brazil led the minority opposition. The Clean Development Mechanism provides emission-reduction credits to projects that reduce carbon emissions in less developed countries that can be spent or traded in developed countries such as Australia and European nations. Read more at The Australian, The Canberra Times, CNN, and the Telegraph (UK).