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Stern Helps Launch New Carbon Ratings Agency

The UK Government’s climate change adviser, Sir Nicholas Stern, helped launch an initiative aimed at illustrating how clarity and transparency can boost ...

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California Unveils Ambitious Emissions Plan - 30% Cut By 2020

California's Air Resources Board has released a draft plan to reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 ...

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Virgin’s Branson Says Airlines, Other Industries Should Pay

Virgin chairman Richard Branson says he is willing to pay a carbon tax on his aviation business, Business Week reports. He said ...

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Cascades Buys RECs

Cascades will offset all the electricity used to manufacture Cascades' North River brand of commercial towels and tissues for ...

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Tokyo To Pass Cap-And-Trade Emissions Plan

Tokyo is the first city in Japan to pass legislation that, by fall of 2010, will require a cap-and-trade ...

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BeGreen Announces Carbon Calculator For Green Builders

A carbon calculator unveiled by BeGreen, is designed to help designers and builders meet green standards, The Dallas Morning News ...

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James Hansen: Try Fossil Fuel CEOs For ‘High Crimes Against Humanity’

James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, told the House Select Committee On Energy Independence And Global ...

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Will Carbon Caps Damage Industry?

Economists who are assessing the risks to industries from various carbon tariff proposals are finding they're not always as ...

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VW Acquisition To Save Porsche $400M Euros In Emissions Penalties

After it takes over Volkswagen, Porsche will be able to offset the emissions of its high-performance sports cars with ...

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WP&L Says It Will Offset Emissions From Proposed Coal Plant

Wisconsin Power & Light says it will offset the greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed c$777 million coal power ...

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Horizon Shipping Line Launches ‘Horizon Green’

Horizon Lines a domestic ocean shipping company, announced an environmental initiative called Horizon Green (PDF) to better ...

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Hulk Tries For Green Connection, Launches Carbon Calculator

The marketing folks at Universal Pictures are trying to create a relationship between the green star of its latest ...

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Strategic Energy Supplies Offsets For Clean Air Business Competition

50 MWhs of renewable energy credits (RECs) were provided by Strategic Energy in conjunction with the Great Race for Clean Air -- ...

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Companies Turn To Coal In Face Of Rising Oil Prices

In a classic Catch-22 scenario, rising oil prices are leading power companies to switch to cheaper, dirtier coal power, ...

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Carbon Disclosure Project Calls For New Carbon Treaty

Speaking to the UN General Assembly at a meeting on private investments and climate change, Carbon Disclosure Project Chairman James Cameron said ...

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IE Expanding ‘Carbon Grove’ To France

Windows' Internet Explorer is expanding the campaign it launched last month called "Carbon Grove," which reminds IE users of the things they ...

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International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance Formed

Eight of the world's leading carbon reduction and offset providers have formed the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance ...

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How to Navigate the Environmental Media - Part 3

Profiting from carbon: the prickly environmental truth Every day I awake to the sound of my "Chinese bag lady" in heated discussions over ...

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IEA: $45 Trillion Needed To Cut CO2 Emissions 50% By 2050

The International Energy Agency says that it will take $45 trillion in additional clean technology investments between now and 2050 in order ...

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TerraPass Launches Customizable Offset Portfolio

TerraPass has announced the first version of a feature through which customers buying carbon offsets can direct the company's efforts to ...

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