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.
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...
Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′
Worldwide investment by the mining industry in renewable energy and energy conservation will reach about $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: California-Quebec ETS, Energy Efficiency, Canada Emissions Target
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The California Air Resources Board released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to the carbon market ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend ...
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013
Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Australia Carbon Tax, Japanese Nuclear, More Fracking Rules
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
The Australian government's preliminary list of ...
Gucci Parent PPR Pledges 25% Cut in CO2, Water, Waste
Luxury and sporting goods group PPR - the company behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Puma - has unveiled a raft of sustainability ...
London Olympics Slash CO2 Footprint by 21%
The organizers of the 2012 London Olympic Games have cut the event's projected carbon footprint by over a fifth, through the use of rented seats, tents and crowd barriers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek ...
Renewables Briefing: Markey Group, Constellation Energy, U.S. Air Force
Here's the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives.
Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market Speculation
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The new Brazilian prosecutor of the case ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The Obama administration has set national standards ...
FedEx Express Launches Carbon-Neutral Shipping
FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp., is launching a carbon-neutral shipping program for its most widely used packaging for document shipping.
FedEx Express will ...
Global Carbon Markets Plummet
The value of the world's carbon markets declined by 21 percent over the last quarter, despite trading volumes above the historical average, according to analysis ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: LA Feed-in-Tariff, Solyndra Review, Coal Mining, EU ETS, Offshore Wind Lawsuit
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
Los Angeles City Council approved a measure ...
Honeywell to Destroy Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants for 125,000 Tons of Carbon Credits
Honeywell has begun destroying inventories of certain ozone-depleting refrigerants and selling the resulting emission reduction credits for use in California's greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, the ...
Offset Supply to Drive Western Climate Initiative, Analysts Say
Offset supply will be the main long-term allowance price driver after California and Quebec link their emissions trading programs next year to form ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Aviation Fuel Handling, Agriculture Carbon Credit, CARB, Clean Green
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade group ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GAO Slams DOE, Rare Earth Trade Case, EU Aviation, Farming & Forestry CO2
A Government Accountability Office report says that the Department of Energy responded slowly with documentation of its loan guarantee program, indicating an overall flaw ...
Airbus ‘Could Lose Chinese Business’ Due to European Carbon Rules
Airbus' parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Votes on Keystone, Drilling and MACT; Obama Proposes Alt Fuel Tax Breaks for Business
A vote Thursday in the Senate to attach the Keystone XL oil pipeline project to a must-pass transportation bill failed 56 to 42; a vote ...
