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| Sourced From Mainichi Japan |

Office supplies manufacturer Kokuyo Co. opened a “garden office” on the rooftop of its headquarters in Tokyo on Thursday in a bid to cut back on electricity consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, company officials said.
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| Sourced From EU Observer |

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Poland has given the cold shoulder to concessions offered by the French EU presidency on how the union’s power sector should reduce CO2 emissions.
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| Sourced From Mondo Visione |

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange’s Carbon Financial Instrument®- U.S. Allowance futures (CFI®-US) contract offers the first tool for directly hedging exposure to possible future U.S. carbon allowance prices, as well as whether and when a U.S. federal greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate is established.
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| Sourced From TransWorldNews |

CO2 offsetter, www.4Offsets.com announced across the board price reductions for the company’s Carbon Offset packages.  The price cuts of 30% to 50% on 4Offsets packages, reflect changes to market pricing that have occurred in response to volatility in oil prices and the ongoing, international credit crisis.  The company hopes that these price cuts will reignite much of the green fervor that was lost as oil approached $150 a barrel. [click to continue...]

| Sourced From The Telegraph UK |

Energy producers and other companies anxious to increase their allowances made more than 16m bids for just 4m credits offered at a price of €16.15 per tonne. [click to continue...]

| Sourced From Central Western Daily |

It is a very new area and there is still a lot to be worked out but carbon farming and trading holds many benefits for farmers - the majority of which have very little to do with a carbon trading scheme. [click to continue...]

| Sourced From Business Report |

Johannesburg - South Africa aims to make a transition to a low-carbon economy that is also able to promote job creation and development in a carbon-constrained future, Environmental Affairs and Tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday. [click to continue...]

| Sourced From California Aggie |

The City of Davis took a step forward in its quest to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the city on Tuesday night. The Davis City Council unanimously approved a resolution establishing emissions reduction targets for the city and community through 2050. The reductions will be gradual, with a target of cutting emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and a target of complete carbon neutrality by 2050. [click to continue...]

| Sourced From ATMS Travel News |

San Jose,Costa Rica– NatureAir, the world’s first carbon neutral airline, has joined the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to promote global action towards low-carbon economies and societies.
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| Sourced From Vancouver Sun |

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidates Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff would ditch the Green Shift carbon tax, outgoing leader Stephane Dion’s signature policy, on grounds it was rejected by voters on election day.  [click to continue...]

| Sourced From Market Watch |

United Airlines charted a new path across the Pacific as the first U.S. carrier to participate in the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), saving 1,564 gallons of fuel and 32,656 pounds of carbon emissions on a single flight, showcasing real savings gained from next-generation technology. United flight 870 from Sydney, Australia made a smooth, continuous descent into San Francisco International Airport at 10:20 a.m. Pacific Time after using 11 fuel saving initiatives from gate-to-gate.
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| By Audrey Young - Sourced From New Zealand Herald |

A carbon tax will be explored again as an alternative to the emissions trading scheme in a special select committee review negotiated between National and Act in their confidence and money-supply agreement. National campaigned on a policy to amend the law passed in October by the Labour-led Government setting up the emissions trading scheme.
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| By Michael Omondi - Sourced From Business Daily Africa |

Cement maker East Africa Portland Cement (EAPC) has entered the carbon trading market in an effort to diversify from the lucrative,  but competitive cement market. On Thursday, the cement firm singed a carbon trading deal with JP Morgan Climate Care, a division of investment banker JP Morgan, for purchase of 105, 000 tonnes of carbon credits annually worth Sh80 million.
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| By James Murdoch - Sourced From The Financial Times |

Information is power. Recently I met members of Britain’s Olympic cycling team and was struck by the way they had used data to analyse and improve their performance. This team, a source of pride for the nation, focuses relentlessly on the pursuit of measurable, second-by-second improvements – the difference between winning and losing. Information has turned them into winners.
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