Carbon Offsets Daily

China, India Lash out at Talk of ‘Carbon Tariffs’

Krithi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:00:57 +0000

| Sourced From ICTSD.net | China and India have denounced the possibility that developed countries might impose ‘carbon tariffs’ on goods imported from countries that do not strictly regulate their greenhouse gas emissions. Such a policy would “protect trade in the name of protecting the environment,” China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday, media sources reported. ”This [...]

Carbon traders reject EDF Energy’s price floor calls

Krithi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:00:05 +0000

| Sourced From Energyrisk.com | In a speech last week at the EDF Energy nuclear supply chain forum, de Rivaz identified the need to address carbon price volatility before the company can move forward with its plans to build four new EPR nuclear plants in the UK by 2025. He called for “mechanisms that provide a [...]

Carbon reduction

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:00:12 +0000

| Sourced From TheEngineer.co.uk | Two projects - an existing power plant in North Dakota and a new facility in California - have been selected for up to $408m (£255m) in funding to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. As part of the third round of the US Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI), the US Department of Energy [...]

Forest, Carbon, Climate Myths

Adam — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:18:57 +0000

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Carbon Trust - working for change: Banking on lower carbon

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:00:52 +0000

| Sourced From Telegraph.co.uk | Talking about environmental issues is not enough, says Marcus Agius, it must be followed by action. The Barclays chairman talks to Andrew Cave about how his organisation – and, crucially, its staff – is bringing about a cultural shift that’s influencing a different way of working throughout the bank’s operations. How seriously [...]

G-8 Climate-Change Agreement Falls Short

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:00:27 +0000

| Sourced From Online.wsj.com | L’AQUILA, Italy — The Group of Eight leading nations agreed Wednesday to cut their emissions of heat-trapping gases 80% by 2050, but failed to reach an accord on shorter-term targets — a setback that could have repercussions for a major meeting on climate change in Copenhagen later this year. Their failure prompted [...]

Carbon Offsets Then and Now

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:54 +0000

Strategies that stimulate innovation and provide critical sources of investment into the emerging green technology sector. In order to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, we need to reduce emissions by at least 60 percent over the coming two decades. A single magic bullet allowing governments, organizations, and individuals to meet this target is very [...]

Forest fires vs. forest carbon

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:00:25 +0000

| Sourced From LAtimesblogs.latimes.com | Should forests be thinned to reduce fires, or should they be tended to store the maximum amount of carbon in their trees to prevent global warming? It is not a simple question, as researchers at Oregon State University explain in a new study in Ecological Applications, a professional journal. Stephen R. Mitchell, an [...]

EcoSecurities’ International Climate Change Policy Summary

Rachel Mountain — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:25:06 +0000

Author: Meghan Schloat, Policy Manager, US Regulatory Affairs House passess Waxman Markey Climate Bill The House of Representatives approved landmark climate legislation in a close vote late Friday June 26th. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), spearheaded by Chairman Waxman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Markey of the House Subcommittee on [...]

United Nations Executive Board of the CDM Holds 48th Meeting at St. George’s University

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:09 +0000

| Sourced From Spiceislander.com | Monday 6th July, 2009: St. George’s University (SGU) is partnering with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Government of Grenada by hosting the 48th Executive Board Meeting of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Under the Kyoto Protocol, there are mechanisms which aim to address the problem of [...]

Weekly CDM and VER market summary - 29th June - 5th July 2009

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:00:09 +0000

| Sourced From Businessgreen.com | VER trading activity intensified over the week with continued optimism buoying the market. A widening of VER credit types and of methodologies combined with the growing assumption of inclusion in the proposed US federal cap and trade scheme is driving activity in the market as evidenced by the increase of test [...]

A 50 cent carbon tax?

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:02 +0000

| Sourced From BClocalnews.com | Did you fill up your tank before July 1? That’s when the provincial carbon tax increased by 50 per cent, from 2.4 cents per litre to 3.6 cents per litre. Get used to it, the tax will increase next year, and the year after. Similar increases apply to diesel, natural gas and [...]

S.Korea KDB jointly funds $80 mln Malaysia CDM project

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:12 +0000

| Sourced From Guardian.co.uk | SEOUL, July 7 (Reuters) - Korea Development Bank is looking to ramp up funding for carbon offset projects in Asia under the U.N.’s clean development mechanism and is jointly financing an $80 million Malaysian project, a bank source said on Tuesday. State-owned KDB, which aims to become Asia’s top carbon investor, is [...]

Carbon credits for forest landowners becoming increasingly important

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:00:55 +0000

| Source From JG-TC.com | With the development of voluntary carbon markets and consideration of federal climate change legislation in 2009, the issue of carbon credits for forest landowners is increasingly important. A large segment of Farm Bureau’s members are private landowners who could earn carbon sequestration revenues by improving the management of their forests, replanting trees [...]

Low Carbon: Fly the green flag on friday

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:23 +0000

| Source From Blogs.chesterchronicle.co.uk | We all know Britain is Great, but now we can make our green and pleasant land even greener - with the first Green Britain Day. Friday is when everyone starts working together to cut our carbon footprint in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Among the celebrities taking part [...]

US carbon bill a boon for world offsets market

Krithi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:00:45 +0000

| Source From Carbonpositive.net | The US cap and trade bill currently stands to deliver a huge stimulus to the clean energy and forest carbon sectors in North America and in the developing world. Whatever final form the scheme takes, it will produce the world’s biggest single carbon market from 2012, eclipsing the EU ETS. And [...]

Farmer face potential pain, gains in new “carbon economy”

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:38 +0000

| Source From Midwestagnet.com | NEW YORK (AP) - In addition to raising energy prices, the climate legislation that’s winding through Congress would create a parallel financial system with a carbon-based currency. The House on Friday narrowly passed landmark legislation meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions and create an energy-efficient economy, voting 219-212. President Barack Obama on [...]

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Chris — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:00:21 +0000

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UPS to cut airplane fleet’s carbon output

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:00:38 +0000

| Source From Bizjournals.com | United Parcel Service Inc. plans to trim the carbon emissions of its airplane fleet by another 20 percent by 2020 for a total reduction of 42 percent since 1990. The Atlanta-based package shipper discussed its carbon reduction goal in the UPS Sustainability Report released Tuesday at http://www.responsibility.ups.com/sustainability. UPS (NYSE: UPS) claims its airplane [...]

Greenstone Carbon have featured in the respected green IT Report, focussing on carbon management

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:00:12 +0000

| Source From Officialwire.com | LONDON, ENGLAND The Green IT Report (TGIR) has launched a series of Green IT company profiles, which has featured Greenstone carbon management, a company specialising in helping companies reduce their carbon footprint. The profiles are used by organisations both in and outside the carbon management sector, to identify and analyse leading industry [...]

In pre-G8 talks, Franco-British concord on climate change and Iran

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:00:08 +0000

| Source From France24.com | With their “entente formidable” and smiles appearing to signal an end to earlier antagonisms between their two countries, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France promised continued close cooperation on the world economy and climate change as they met in the French Alpine town of Evian-les-Bains [...]

Have U2 created a monster with massive carbon footprint of 360 tour?

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:28 +0000

| Sourced From Belfasttelegraph.co.uk | U2 and Bono’s long-held commitment to “save the planet” has come into question after it emerged they have a carbon footprint big enough to fly the band to Mars and back. The Irish rockers campaign to fight poverty and AIDS in Africa and Bono called on the world’s population to take better [...]

Seeing energy loss and carbon emissions for real

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:45 +0000

| Sourced From Energyefficiencynews.com | European infrared building surveyors, IRT Surveys, are launching a new technology that reveals energy loss and CO2 emission from buildings. IRT Energy uses patented software and an online portal to filter infrared images of buildings to reveal exactly – and only – where energy is being lost. Images can also be analysed [...]

Study: A Fairer Way to Cut Global CO2 Emissions

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:28 +0000

| Sourced From Time.com | At the end of the year, governments from around the world will meet in Copenhagen hopefully to hammer out a new treaty — the successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012 — to reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions. Their lack of time aside, diplomats face a very large, very immovable [...]

El Nino threatens surge in forest CO2 emissions

Krithi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:23 +0000

| Sourced From Carbonpositive.net | Greenhouse emissions from the burning of Asian tropical forests are set to spiral over the next couple of years if a predicted El Nino weather pattern sets in, carbon scientists warn. The El Nino/La Nina cycle sees the waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean vary in temperature, causing weather changes from Asia [...]