Carbon Offsets/RECs

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 ...

Consumers Demand Transparency in Travel-Related Offsets

Consumers remain skeptical when it comes to travel-related carbon offsets, according to a new ClimatePath survey of professionals in the ecotourism and sustainable travel industry. ...

Wal-Mart Taps CDP for Emissions Reporting in Sustainability Index

As Wal-Mart goes, so goes the world. When it comes to carbon emissions reporting, the $406 billion retailer appears to be suggesting that suppliers go through ...

Bean Counters Poised For Gains in Carbon Economy

As a carbon-trading economy gathers steam in the United States, the accounting industry is expected to profit handsomely, according to a New York Times article. With ...

Yahoo! Dropping Carbon Offsets for Greener Data Centers

Yahoo's co-founder David Filo, together with New York Governor David Paterson and Senator Chuck Schumer, announced plans to build the greenest and most energy-efficient data centers ...

Sustainable Agriculture Requires Farm Modernization, Free Markets, Tech Adoption

A new report focuses on the challenge of how to sustainably meet the growing energy and food demands of a global population approaching nine billion people ...

Audi Promotes Clean Diesel via Facebook, Carbon Offsets

As part of a campaign promoting the Audi TDI clean diesel engines, Audi will donate $1 to The Nature Conservancy's voluntary carbon offset program ...