Earth Equity News

Australia, China and U.S. in Climate Talks. By Michael Stutchbury, Sydney Australian, September 15, 2008. "Australia has brought together the world's two major greenhouse gas polluters, China and the U.S., to search for common ground on cutting carbon emissions -- including clean coal technologies -- while protecting security of energy supplies. The top Chinese, U.S. and Australian climate change negotiators will gather for two days this week in Washington at a political and business meeting organised by the Melbourne-based Global Foundation and Georgetown University. The US-China-Australia Dialogue on Energy Security and Climate Change will include the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, and leading U.S. multinational firms including aluminium producer Alcoa, aircraft manufacturer Boeing and giant conglomerate General Electric. It also will include U.S. analysts associated with... senators John McCain and Barack Obama. The meeting follows a summit in Beijing between Chinese and Australian political and business interests. The April meeting was attended by Kevin Rudd and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong... Global Foundation secretary Steve Howard said the Washington meeting would canvas common interests in investing in emissions-reducing technology such as clean coal technology."