Conservative Prime Minister ” Cameroon ” ( typo deliberate ) – the latest health and energy policy directives explained – ” What now for energy performance related policy developments in England and Wales ? “
Plans for how the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat government intends to create a new low carbon economy within the UK have been published in a Coalition Document. Initiatives to promote a more sustainable transport system make up a large part of the government’s plans. In terms of aviation, the construction of a new runway at Heathrow has been cancelled and no additional runways will be built at Gatwick or Stansted under the new regime. The creation of a national network of plug-in points for electric and hybrid vehicles will also be mandated, but absent from the document is the bus scrappage scheme proposed by ...
Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits
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Our company name is Energy Performance Solutions Associates and we are based in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. We specialise in the provision of Commercial and Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) and Display Energy Certificates (DEC) via our team of fully accredited assessors covering both England and Wales** at a guaranteed lowest price: Nationwide. Please contact us for a free quote /ring back request or for any further information you may require.
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Conservative Prime Minister ” Cameroon ” ( typo deliberate ) – the latest health and energy policy directives explained – ” What now for energy performance related policy developments in England and Wales ? “
Posted by Daniel Killeen in Energy-psa.co.uk - News on 06/04/2011
Plans for how the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat government intends to create a new low carbon economy within the UK have been published in a Coalition Document.
Initiatives to promote a more sustainable transport system make up a large part of the government’s plans.
In terms of aviation, the construction of a new runway at Heathrow has been cancelled and no additional runways will be built at Gatwick or Stansted under the new regime.
The creation of a national network of plug-in points for electric and hybrid vehicles will also be mandated, but absent from the document is the bus scrappage scheme proposed by the Lib Dems.
Plans to continue with the creation of a smart grid, the roll out of smart meters and further expansion of feed-in tariffs were also mentioned, as well as a programme to allow for home improvement paid for out of energy bill savings.
Emissions performance standards will be placed on coal fired power stations, marine energy production will be encouraged and increased renewable targets will be created. A new floor price for carbon could also be introduced.
However, the two parties have still failed to agree on the creation of new nuclear plants and no mention was made of the Conservatives’ previous pledge on an energy supply guarantee.
Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits
Posted by Daniel Killeen in Energy-psa.co.uk - News on 05/03/2011
By Kim Zetter
- February 3, 2010 |
- 5:04 pm |
- Categories: Cybersecurity, Hacks and Cracks
Credit card numbers are so passe. Today’s hackers know the real powerhouse data to steal is emission certificates.
That’s exactly what hackers went after last week when they obtained unauthorized access to online accounts where companies maintain their carbon credits, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
The hackers launched a targeted phishing attack against employees of numerous companies in Europe, New Zealand and Japan, which appeared to come from the German Emissions Trading Authority. The workers were told that their companies needed to re-register their accounts with the Authority, where carbon credits and transactions are recorded.
When workers entered their credentials into a bogus web page linked in the e-mail, the hackers were able to hi-jack the credentials to access the companies’ Trading Authority accounts and transfer their carbon credits to two other accounts controlled by the hackers.
Under environmental cap-and-trade laws, there’s a limit to the greenhouse gases companies can emit. Companies that exceed this limit can purchase so-called carbon credits from entities that produce fewer greenhouse emissions than the limit provides them.
The scheme has produced a robust market for the trade of credits. More than 8 million tons of CO2 emissions worth $130 billion were traded in Europe last year.
According to the BBC, it’s estimated the hackers stole 250,000 carbon credit permits from six companies worth more than $4 million. At least seven out of 2,000 German firms that were targeted in the phishing scam fell for it. One of these unidentified firms reportedly lost $2.1 million in credits in the fraud.
The credits were resold for an undisclosed sum. The buyers, who likely believed the transactions were legitimate, haven’t been named.
The German Emissions Trading Authority has suspended access to its databases for a week while an investigation is underway.
The fraud is the latest example of hacks aimed at gaming environment controls. A year ago, hackers penetrated the Brazilian government’s quota data for Brazilian rain forest products — allowing the illegal poaching of more than 1.7 million cubic feet of timber.
Photo: Coal-fired power plant Scholven in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany; April 6, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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