Carbon Offsets/RECs
Carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs) are available to help companies meet regulatory and corporate sustainability goals for reducing their carbon footprint. Each REC is equivalent to a single megawatt-hour of electricity generated by a renewable energy source such as solar or wind power. Read articles here about carbon offsets, RECs, green-e certified renewable energy sales, and renewable energy credits.
Sustainability Report: Carbon-Neutral Danske Targets Electricity Cuts
The Danske Bank Group has set a 20 percent electricity reduction target, building on its second straight year of carbon neutrality.
The company is now ...
California Board Approves Emissions Credits
Air quality officials on Friday adopted a plan to allow Los Angeles area industries to buy emissions credits.
The South Coast Air Quality Management ...
The Case of GM’s CSR Initiative: Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough
GM had very good intentions. On November 18, 2010, the company announced that Chevrolet, its largest brand, will invest $40 million in ...
EU Carbon Market Suspended After ‘Theft’
The European Union suspended most of its 72 billion euro carbon market yesterday after the suspected theft of 7 million euros of emissions ...
Leveraging Resources, or Future Planning for Future Rewards
A number of items passing across my computer screen (or my ears from the radio) have prompted an additional ...
Empire State Building Signs for 55 Million kWh of Renewable Energy
In putting the finishing touches on a major, multi-year $20-million sustainability initiative, the Empire State Building has signed on with Green Mountain Energy for ...
Projected Global OTC Market for Forest Carbon Offsets to Hit $65 Million by 2015
The global forest carbon offset market is projected to grow from $42.0 million in 2010 to $65.1 million in 2015, according to the latest ...
Carbon Cap-and-Trade Wraps Up on CCX
The Chicago Climate Exchange no longer trades carbon financial instruments (CFI), and is transitioning entirely to exchanges of carbon offsets. The decision was announced ...
EU Still Fighting Carbon Trading System VAT-Fraud
Italian police authorities raided about 150 companies in eight different regions of Italy earlier in December related to as much as $662 million in VAT ...
Fiji Water Targeted in ‘Greenwashing’ Class Action Suit
Japan Backs Up On Carbon Trading
Japan seems to be stepping back from its plans to start carbon trading in 2013, according to Bloomberg.
Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto declined to commit ...
EU May Ban Super-GHG HFC-23 from Carbon Swaps
The EU is expected to vote in early 2011 on whether to restrict United Nations-sponsored offsets linked to HFC-23 and some nitrous oxide credits in ...
EPA to Limit Power Plant, Refinery Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its plan for moving forward on GHG limits for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries—which represent ...
States Raid RGGI Funds To Fill Budget Gaps
Troubled by budgetary shortfalls, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire have reached into a $729-million regional pollution fund to cover their expenses — resources ...
CARB Approves Nation’s Biggest Cap-And-Trade Plan
California regulators voted yesterday to approve the most comprehensive U.S. cap yet on greenhouse gases and create the biggest carbon market in the country, ...
Dissecting California’s Cap-and-Trade Plan: What’s your Free Piece of the Carbon Pie?
It sounds like an old regulatory joke:
Professional #1: “If the 8th largest economy in the world put a price on ...
...RGGI Permit Price Remains Low, 43% Go Unsold
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative released the results of their 10th auction of CO2 allowances, held Wednesday, December 1st. Once again, the results point ...
PG&E Purchases Carbon Offsets From ODS Destruction
PG&E's ClimateSmart program will purchase carbon offsets generated by the destruction of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), according to PG&E.
Through a new contract, Environmental Credit Corp. will ...
Holcim Reports $19 Million in CO2 Allowances Stolen
Earlier this week, Holcim Romania announced that on November 16, 2010 its CO2 accounts held within the Romanian National Registry for Greenhouse Gases ...
