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.

States Raid RGGI Funds To Fill Budget Gaps

States Raid RGGI Funds To Fill Budget GapsTroubled by budgetary shortfalls, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire have reached into a $729-million regional pollution fund to cover their expenses — resources ...

December 21, 2010

CARB Approves Nation’s Biggest Cap-And-Trade Plan

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, ...

December 17, 2010

Dissecting California’s Cap-and-Trade Plan: What’s your Free Piece of the Carbon Pie?

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 ...

December 13, 2010

Retailers Purchasing RECs

Retailers Purchasing RECs ...

December 13, 2010

RGGI Permit Price Remains Low, 43% Go Unsold

RGGI Permit Price Remains Low, 43% Go UnsoldThe Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative released the results of their 10th auction of CO2 allowances, held Wednesday, December 1st. Once again, the results point ...

December 6, 2010

PG&E Purchases Carbon Offsets From ODS Destruction

PG&E Purchases Carbon Offsets From ODS DestructionPG&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 ...

December 2, 2010

Holcim Reports $19 Million in CO2 Allowances Stolen

Holcim Reports $19 Million in CO2 Allowances StolenEarlier this week, Holcim Romania announced that on November 16, 2010 its CO2 accounts held within the Romanian National Registry for Greenhouse Gases ...

December 2, 2010

Qantas Picks New Carbon Offset Provider

Qantas Picks New Carbon Offset ProviderThe Qantas Group has finalized new supplier arrangements for its voluntary carbon offset program under an agreement with Climate Friendly. Customer purchases to the Qantas and ...

November 30, 2010

Certified Renewable Energy Sales Surge by 43% in 2009

Certified Renewable Energy Sales Surge by 43% in 2009Green-e Certified renewable energy sales in volume increased 43 percent in 2009, according to a report from the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). More ...

October 29, 2010

Advantest Buys RECs to Offset 100% of Electricity Use

Advantest Buys RECs to Offset 100% of Electricity UseTo reduce its environmental footprint, Advantest America plans to purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) over the next two years to offset 100 percent of ...

October 21, 2010

Mohawk Paper Focuses on Energy Efficiency, Offsets

Mohawk Paper Focuses on Energy Efficiency, OffsetsMohawk Fine Papers began adopting environmental practices focused on energy efficiency in the early 1990s initially as a way to reduce costs, reports Timesunion.com. ...

September 30, 2010

Employee Engagement and Climate Change

Employee Engagement and Climate ChangeWhen organizations think about designing a suitable sustainability or carbon management strategy, more often than not the primary emphasis is placed on ...

September 21, 2010

BMO Meets Carbon Neutral Commitment

BMO Meets Carbon Neutral CommitmentBMO Financial Group has achieved carbon neutrality relative to its energy consumption and transportation emissions across the company, meeting its commitment set by the bank ...

August 25, 2010

The State of Maine: Efforts to Sell Carbon Credits Obtained from Weatherization

The State of Maine: Efforts to Sell Carbon Credits Obtained from WeatherizationLike many corporate entities and governmental bodies, Maine has enthusiastically embraced the movement to limit, reduce, or remove greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions ...

August 25, 2010

Becker Underwood Buys RECs to Offset 100% of Electricity Use

Becker Underwood Buys RECs to Offset 100% of Electricity UseBecker Underwood plans to reduce its carbon footprint by offsetting 100 percent of its electricity use by purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) that fund wind ...

August 18, 2010

Goodwill Buys RECs

Goodwill Buys RECsGoodwill Industries International's headquarter location in Rockville, Md. has signed a two-year green electricity purchase agreement for renewable energy certificates sourced from wind  resources to ...

August 4, 2010

CEC Throws Out Edison’s Claim to RECs from Mountain View Wind Projects

CEC Throws Out Edison’s Claim to RECs from Mountain View Wind ProjectsThe California Energy Commission (CEC) has ruled that Southern California Edison (SCE) should not be allowed to claim renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated from the ...

July 29, 2010

Google to Buy 114 MW of Wind Energy

Google to Buy 114 MW of Wind EnergyGoogle has signed an agreement to buy 114 megawatts of electricity from wind power generator NextEra Energy Resources, according to a company press release. The ...

July 21, 2010

Maine Moves One Step Closer To Selling Carbon Credits from Weatherization Projects

Maine Moves One Step Closer To Selling Carbon Credits from Weatherization ProjectsMaine is one step closer to selling carbon credits from carbon emission reductions achieved through weatherization projects, reports Bangor Daily News. The revenue generated ...

July 12, 2010

UPS Adds 35 Nations to Carbon Neutral Shipping Program

UPS Adds 35 Nations to Carbon Neutral Shipping ProgramUPS has added 35 countries and territories across Europe, Asia and the Americas to its carbon neutral shipping program. Under the program, millions of customers now have the option to pay a small ...

July 7, 2010