Carbon Finance & Offsets

Around the Web – Nike, Google, Nissan, Bush’s Green Library, WWF

Today's news from around the Web. Google Says It Doesn't Want to Be a Utility NY Times How Much of China’s Emissions Mess Is ...

November 20, 2009

Corporate Jetsetters Can be Carbon Offsetters

A new program from InJet, which offers private corporate jet services, will allow companies and individuals to offset the emissions of their flights. The InJet Green program, ...

November 18, 2009

Around the Web – Health Care & Energy, Shell, NBC

Today's news from around the Web: Will the Health Care Bill Hurt Renewable Energy? BusinessWeek Shell pushes for unfettered carbon trading markets Houston Chronicle...

November 18, 2009

Carbon Traders Adjust to New Copenhagen Expectations

With it now practically a given that Copenhagen will yield no global climate deal, carbon traders say that a final agreement in 2010 is ...

November 17, 2009

Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen -- including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket -- in ...

November 17, 2009

Around the Web: Green Jobs, NAM, P&G, Nuclear Reprocessing

What British business wants from Copenhagen The Times Mass. struggles to turn green tech into green jobs Chicago Tribune NAM ...

November 16, 2009

Senate Climate Bill May be Reshaped by Coal States

Senators from states heavily reliant on coal-fired electricity want the climate bill to apportion more free carbon permits to their states, reports Reuters. Without such changes, ...

November 13, 2009

Around the Web: Solar Declines, Climate Change As Religion, Handicapping Carbon Prices

Today's news from around the web. Solar Market Declines for First Time Ever Greentech Media Industry Witnesses' Dominance of Hill Climate Hearings Irks Consumer Advocates ...

November 13, 2009

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 1

With the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo now underway in Phoenix, Ariz., here are some of the initial announcements. YKK AP America has launched (PDF) two new products ...

November 11, 2009

Nations Argue Over CO2 Emissions Cuts, Audits

The measurement, reporting and auditing of greenhouse gas emissions by each country is a key focus of U.N. climate negotiations leading up to climate talks in ...

November 10, 2009

Study Finds More Value in Peat CO2 Credits

Carbon-rich peatlands may trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market, according to a new study, reports ...

November 9, 2009

Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say

Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that ...

November 9, 2009

Carbon Trading Could Trigger a ‘Sub-prime Style’ Economic Crash

Plans to expand carbon markets at UN climate talks this December could trigger a second 'sub-prime' style financial collapse and fail to protect the world ...

November 6, 2009

Disney Buys $7M in Reforestation Offsets, a Corporate Record

Walt Disney Corp., by donating about $7 million to various conservation programs, aims to offset a portion of its emissions. Some are calling the move by ...

November 5, 2009

EU Poised to Give Heavy Industry Free Carbon Permits

European industries including metals, building materials, textiles and ceramics will benefit from free carbon permits, starting in 2013, under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. Operators in those ...

November 5, 2009

ResponsibleTravel.com Scuttles Carbon Offsetting Option

One of the first travel agencies to give fliers the option to offset the carbon emissions of their flights has ceased offering the program, calling it ...

November 4, 2009

U.S. Cap-and-Trade Creates Winners and Losers among Largest Emitters

Under the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill, ExxonMobil would face an annual charge of $5.9 billion to purchase carbon allowances, while electricity giants like Exelon and Pacific Gas ...

November 4, 2009

Partisan Bickering Puts Climate Bill in Jeopardy

A key U.S. Senate panel, controlled by Democrats, will begin debating a climate change bill this week despite a planned boycott by minority Republicans who demand ...

November 3, 2009

Canada Can Meet GHG Emissions Targets, While Growing Jobs, Economy

Canada can meet targets to reduce global warming pollution, while growing jobs and its economy, according to an economic modeling study commissioned by the ...

November 3, 2009

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries Presents Financing Challenges

A new global deal on climate finance will significantly redistribute power, responsibility and accountability between traditional donor and recipient countries, according to a new study released ...

November 3, 2009

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