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Carbon News Sept 30 - Oct 3

Posted in Carbon Market News on October 3, 2008

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CNN
You wanted to know more about carbon trading, and Abyd Karmali, Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Emissions at Merrill Lynch answered. …


Business Green, UK
Companies are falsifying documents in their attempts to gain certification for projects under the clean development mechanism (CDM), according to analyst …

Introduction to Carbon Trading Seminar Held at NYMEX on October 14th
PR Web (press release), WA
The popular “Introduction to Carbon Trading & Finance” seminar will be held at the NYMEX on October 14th in New York. Taught by carbon markets expert and …


Bloomberg
Protecting tropical forests from being over-logged or flattened for pasture should be financed through the …


ShareCast, UK
Emissions exchange operator Climate Exchange said it has seen ‘exceptionally robust’ trading volumes during the recent financial …


Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa
In today’s podcast: Eskom will unveil the first cogeneration projects by the end of this month, Rainbow Millennium Power Company director Hugo. …


Business Wire (press release), CA
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) has been included in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 2008 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. …


Greenbang, UK
Marshalls, the hard landscaping company, claims it will have the largest number of carbon labelled products anywhere in the world. Using the Carbon Trust’s …


EP Magazine, TX
Storing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) underground has emerged in recent years as a potential and promising solution in the fight against global warming. …


MarketWatch
The Carbon Disclosure Project France questionnaire evaluates the responsiveness of leading French …


African Energy News Review, South Africa
A World Bank report on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in sub-Saharan Africa suggests the potential to double the region’s current energy production. …


Business Green, UK
California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted three voluntary carbon reporting protocols designed to prepare local government and environmental …


EUX.TV, Netherlands
The European Commission on Monday welcomed as “valuable” a report on carbon capture and storage written by consultancy firm McKinsey …

Global

Carbon Diem tracks carbon footprint via GPS
A new mobile application uses your phone’s built-in GPS to sense whether you’re travelling by foot, bike, car or train, and calculates your carbon footprint …


Al-Bawaba, Jordan
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced today it has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project …


ABS CBN News, Philippines
After signing a memorandum of understanding with Japanese firm, Mitsubishi Corp, Lucio Tan-led Foremost Farms Inc. is joining the bandwagon of Philippine …


Your Industry News (press release), UK
At the inauguration of Vattenfall’s Climate Signature initiative in Brussels on Tuesday 30 September, Vattenfall presented its vision to reach carbon …


Huffington Post, NY
In the 1970s, markets and environmentalists were like oil and water. But by the 1990s market-based solutions had proved effective in combating acid rain. …

Eastern Europe collects windfall as Japan snaps up carbon credits
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In an odd twist on market economics, Europe’s ex-communist states are starting to exploit a new market. To access this Carbon News information right now, …


Web Host Industry Review
By David Hamilton, theWHIR.com September 12, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunication solutions provider WireIE Holdings International …

Asia


Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates
DUBAI — The proposed eco-city, Ziggurat, aims to cut carbon emissions by 90 per cent and reduce commuting time, according to Dubai-based developer Timelinks …


Finextra, UK
The China National Petroleum Corporation Asset Management Company, Ltd. (CNPC-AM), Tianjin Property Rights Exchange (TPRE) and Chicago Climate Exchange …

Australasia


Reuters UK
Australia’s government on Friday released key economic data it will use to design an emissions scheme to combat global …


Monsters and Critics.com
Australia would be foolish to act alone on global warming, the government’s top climate change adviser said Wednesday. …


Stock and Land, Australia
Big changes in land use are forecast, and almost recommended, as one of the key ingredients to dealing with climate change in Australia, with economist Ross …


EcoGeek, MT
Carbonscape, a company based in Marlborough, New Zealand, has found a new use for microwaves – sequestering carbon dioxide. They have recently developed a …

Canada


Petroleum News (Subscription Needed)
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell took a rare step Sept. 24 – he backed down under pressure by announcing a break on his controversial carbon tax, …


The Province
VICTORIA — Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced Friday that low-income British Columbians will get a yearly credit to offset the provincial carbon tax. …


Telegraph-Journal
During this election campaign, the global-warming issue - whereby human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon emissions have raised average world temperatures …


Canoe.ca, Canada
Alberta’s auditor general says the climate change plan the province has been touting is based on unsupported projections …


Winnipeg Sun, Canada
According to the David Suzuki Foundation, Jack Layton and the NDP have spewed the most emissions along their 38343 km campaign …


The Province, Canada
July 1 by the provincial government will cost the BC Ambulance Service more than $1 million over the next three years. Using documents obtained through a …

Europe


Exchange News Direct, UK
Trading volumes on ECX during September reached 262 Mt, the third highest monthly total, up 163% on the same month last year. Daily volumes in EUA and CER …


guardian.co.uk, UK
By Gilles Castonguay PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Global automakers are urging European authorities to reconsider proposed limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) …


The Low Carbon Economy, UK
Savings of £20 billion a year on health spending could be made by EU nations as a related effect of setting higher carbon emissions targets, according to a …


Greenbang, UK
General Motors European President, Carl-Peter Forster, has called for clear Europe-wide environmental laws on carbon emissions. “GM Europe is committed to …


European Voice, Belgium
By Jennifer Rankin Subscribers have access to all our articles. Our archive currently contains roughly 30000 articles, dating back to 1995. …


Reuters
Andrei Marcu, chief executive of French carbon emissions exchange BlueNext, left the company after reaching a mutual agreement …


MarketWatch
Fortum will gain approximately 1.5 million tonnes of emission reduction units (ERU) …

UK


Green Building Press, UK
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published the results of a market study into the homebuilding sector. It found that while the sector is broadly …


The Press Association
The iconic Bewley’s Cafe on Dublin’s Grafton Street will become a carbon neutral coffee shop by the end of the year, its owners have claimed. …


Peterborough, UK
A campaign by Peterborough City Council to help residents combat the climate change threat is being promoted as an example for other areas to imitate. …


guardian.co.uk, UK
The Palace of Westminster and the Bank of England have been exposed as among the country’s least energy efficient public buildings by a new law to measure …

USA


Sierra Sun, CA
Selling carbon credits could be a new revenue stream for managing Sierra forests and preventing catastrophic wildfire. …


StarNewsOnline.com, NC
New Hanover County electricity users interested in “canceling out” the carbon dioxide, or CO2, produced from their everyday activities – such …


Baltimore Sun, United States
The average Maryland consumer won’t notice any immediate impact of the first greenhouse gas cap-and-trade auction on either his or her monthly utility bill …


Iowa City Press Citizen, IA
The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) has notified the University of Iowa that it reduced its carbon dioxide emissions in 2007 by almost 18 percent more than …

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