| Sourced From Biz Community |
Following the precedent set by its client and affiliate, ZOOM Advertising, Wired Communications is now carbon neutral.
Carbon Market News
Domtar commits to Chicago Climate Exchange
| Sourced From Pulp and Paper Canada |
Domtar has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange. Currently the only voluntary, legally-binding cap-and-trade system designed to keep track of and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the CCX represents companies who commit to sustainability in their business practices.
Will Travelers Buy Carbon Credits At The Airport?
| Sourced From Luxist |
You are rushing through the airport trying to make your flight. You’ve paid extra to check your bags, you’ll pay extra for a meal and you’re contemplating buying a book for the flight when you see it, the carbon credits kiosk. Will you buy a little guilt free flying?
Positive Energy Raises $14M from NEA
| Sourced From The New York Times |
Positive Energy, a startup that makes software and analytics systems used by utilities to provide better smart meter services, has raised a $14 million round from New Enterprise Associates. The funding was reported by the Washington Business Journal and by VentureWire. (Update: The company confirmed the funding with us as well)
TransCanada joins TransAlta carbon capture project
| Sourced From Reuters |
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 18 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO) is joining power generator TransAlta Corp TA.TO in a major Alberta carbon capture and storage proposal to provide expertise in pipelines to the project, TransAlta said on Thursday.
The Role of Forest Carbon in Emerging Ecomarkets Will be Significant, Says Environmental Economist Ricardo Bayon
| Sourced From Market Watch |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Dec 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Forest carbon will play a significant role in emerging environmental markets designed to address climate change, despite the reluctance of some countries to accept forest carbon offsets, predicted environmental economics expert Ricardo Bayon at a seminar for forestry professionals representing all facets of the industry.
Include poor farmers in global carbon markets - group
| Sourced From The East African |
A group of 25 African countries from East, Central and Southern Africa have unveiled the African Climate Solution, the most ambitious such on the continent.
U.N. Conference to Be Funded by Carbon Business Interests
| Sourced From The Heartland Institute |
The renewable power industry and other corporate entities who stand to profit from international carbon dioxide restrictions are funding the United Nations’ March 2009 International Scientific Conference, casting severe doubt on the conference’s objectivity.
Software Quantifies Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees
| Sourced From The AZO CleanTech |
U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Center for Urban Forest Research are providing online software that can show users how much carbon dioxide an urban tree in California has sequestered in its lifetime and the past year.
TransCanada to participate in TransAlta’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project
| Sourced From Market Watch |
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Dec 18, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — TransAlta Corporation (CA:TA: news , chart , profile ) (TAC:TransAlta Corporation
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1:45pm 12/18/2008
TAC 18.50, -0.15, -0.8%) today announced the participation of TransCanada Pipelines Limited in the development of Project Pioneer, Canada’s first fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant.
UK Consumers Continue to Demand Lower Carbon Products Despite Ongoing Financial Crisis
| Sourced From Market Watch |
LONDON, December 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — - UK Consumers Look to Industry for Solutions to Help Reduce Their Carbon Footprints
UPDATE 1-Drax power margins fall since Oct, trading in line
| Sourced From Reuters |
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - British power station operator Drax (DRX.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday that power generation margins had contracted since October, although overall trading was in line with hopes. The group, which runs the Drax coal-fired station in northern England, said commodity prices had been “highly volatile” since the group updated the market on Oct. 23.
Truss slams carbon trade
A DOMESTIC emissions trading scheme without international participation will cost thousands of Australian jobs, slow the economy, and “will not help cool the planet either or save the polar bears”, National Party Leader Warren Truss has claimed.
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Carbon Credit Biz Feels Meltdown Heat
NEW DELHI: With developed economies staring at a recession, talks of the global financial meltdown forcing climate change negotiations into a freeze have gained ground.
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Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade not that different: report
Canadian politicians overstate the differences between carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs as tools to reduce greenhouse gases, a new report suggests.
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