Carbon Offsets/RECs
San Fran Fliers Can Offset Emissions at Climate Passport Kiosks
New kiosks at San Francisco International Airport will allow fliers to offset the carbon footprint of their flights. Three credit-card operated kiosks ...
New Zealand to Revise Emissions Trading Scheme

New Zealand will revise its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to lower the costs to households and to reduce the impact on jobs, while ensuring a responsible ...
JP Morgan Boosts Carbon Trading Resume With EcoSecurities Buyout
Seeking to cement its status in the carbon-trading realm, JP Morgan has agreed to buy EcoSecurities for $204 million. In the bidding, JP Morgan beat out EcoSecurities co-founder and former president Pedro Moura Costa, ...
Feed-in Tariffs May Push Renewables More Than RECs

By establishing a set price, feed-in tariff (FiT) policies reduce the need for multiple incentives and complex financing through tax liabilities currently used to supplement renewable ...
More Carbon Market Fraud Unearthed
The biggest clean energy auditor in the world has been suspended by United Nations inspectors, the latest in a round of fraud headlines involving ...
GHG Allowances Fall 32% to $2.19 in RGGI Auction

The poor economy and a decrease in manufacturing activity led to a precipitous decline in greenhouse gas emissions allowances in the most recent Regional Greenhouse Gas ...
IPPR: Personal Carbon Rationing May Be Needed
A UK think tank has released a report saying that if at the end of the UK’s first carbon budget period in 2012, carbon emissions have ...
Carbon Trading Market Undergoes Growing Pains
As carbon trading grows in the U.S. -- estimated at a $60 billion market in 2012 -- new products and business opportunities are expected to emerge ...
California Forest Carbon Credit Standards to go National
The board of the California-based Climate Action Reserve (CAR) voted for the final adoption of Version 3.0 of its Forest Project Protocol, which paves the ...
CFTC to Regulate Chicago Climate Exchange
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to impose position limits and reporting requirements on the Chicago Climate Exchange's voluntary carbon credit trading program for ...
Unwitting Businesses May Pay Twice in UK Carbon Credit Scam

Businesses that unknowingly participated in a suspected carbon trading scam could face millions of dollars in legal fees and penalties, reports the UK Sunday Times. ...
EU: Nearly 4,000 Airlines Must Reduce Emissions or Face Ban

The European Union (EU) has released a list of nearly 4,000 companies including commercial airlines, private jet operators and air forces around the globe that must ...
CFTC Tinkers in Carbon Trading Oversight
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed to oversee a greenhouse gas contract on the Chicago Climate Exchange, a voluntary trading market. CFTC, which ...
Pitney Bowes Cuts CO2 Emissions 4.5%

Pitney Bowes Inc. has reduced its overall carbon emissions by 4.5 percent and increased its waste recycling/prevention by 45.5 percent, according to the company's Corporate ...
Carbonfund.org Retroactively Adds Offsets for Landfill Project

A landfill is receiving carbon offsets for emissions that were avoided in 2008. Carbonfund.org is certifying the carbon offset project by Casella Waste Systems Inc for ...
Europe Leads the Way in Greener Airlines
The airline industry will be the first in the U.S. to face a cap on its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as the European Union readies a ...
U.S. Carbon Price May Reach $191 by 2030

Under one scenario, the price of carbon credits in the U.S. could climb to $191 by 2030. That is, if the U.S. does not begin adopting ...
Price Ceiling Sought on Carbon Markets
From political pundits to a think tank, the new prevailing wisdom on carbon trading suggests there should be a series of price caps in order to ...
UN Approves Ag Carbon Offset Methodology to Cut CO2 Emissions

The United Nations recently approved the broad application of the first agricultural methodology, or biological approach, for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ...
U.S, Canada and New Zealand Start May Ease Carbon Policies

Illustrating the difficulty that countries are experiencing in their attempts to reduce and set carbon emission goals to lesson their impact on global climate change, several ...
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