| Sourced From Triplepundit |

In previous posts, I have written about climate capitalists generating carbon offsets, and climate capitalists pursuing opportunities across three generations of biofuels.

Tags: carbon offset, CDM, low carbon technology

* EU committee backs May 2013 start to offset ban

* May start would allow 30-40 mln extra offsets to be used

(Adds EU confirmation, further details)

LONDON/BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The European Commission will ban the most common type of carbon offsets, mostly from China and India, for use in its emissions trading scheme from the start of May 2013, it said on Friday.

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Tags: carbon offset, ghg, hydrofluorocarbon

| Sourced From Clickgreen |

A recent study has evaluated the economic and environmental merits of different designs of coal-fired power plants, all with carbon capture and storage (CCS), to replace an old power station in Germany.

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Tags: Carbon Capture, CCS, CO2

A Southern California woman has sued the FIJI Water Company in a class action complaint that alleges the firm’s claim of having a carbon-negative product amounts to false and misleading advertising that sways consumers to buy the pricey bottled water.

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| Sourced From Cleantechblog |

Dear Friends,

We think its time cleantech grew up and learned to play with the big boys of energy and consumer goods.

Tags: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Trading, solar power

| Sourced From SMH |

CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet has sent a strong signal the federal government is considering implementing a fixed carbon price, followed by a fully fledged emissions trading scheme, to solve the political impasse.

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Tags: australia carbon, Carbon Price

| Sourced From Ipsnews |

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 9, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) – It has been decades since the people of the Humbo Woreda have been self-sufficient in food. A Clean Development Mechanism project – Ethiopia’s first – centred on the reforestation of the plateau at the heart of the district, is restoring the local environment – and sustainable livelihoods along with it.

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Tags: Carbon Credit, Carbon Finance, CO2

| Sourced From Theenergycollective |

There appears to be a growing consensus here that halting the increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration would require reducing global annual CO2 emissions to zero. There also appears to be a growing consensus that this emissions reduction should occur by 2050. There is no global plan to achieve this result. There is also no US plan to achieve this result in the US. However, this conceptual plan may be of use in scoping the challenge.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, CCS, CO2

* Biofuel could cut plane carbon emissions by 20 pct by 2030

* Aviation biofuel costs similar to jet fuel

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Biofuels have a growing role to play in cutting carbon emission in the aviation sector and could save airlines millions of euros in carbon costs, the British Airways (BAY.L: Quote) head of environment told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Tags: aviation cardon, carbon permit, emissions reduction

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A SENIOR federal government MP has insisted that a carbon tax is by no means a done deal – a shift that could threaten the alliance between Labor and the Australian Greens.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon management

| Sourced From QBR |

The Federal Government should implement a carbon tax instead of an emission trading scheme to deal with climate change, according to a university professor.

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Marlborough Girls’ College environmental prefect Josie Broadbent

Tags: carbon awareness, Carbon Emissions, Emissions Reductions, international 350

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THE WORLDS 500 largest companies are responsible for more than 10 per cent of global emissions, new research by the Carbon Disclosure Project has found.

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Tags: carbon reduction plans, Carbon Reduction Targets

| Sourced From Thisisbath |

A charity which campaigns to preserve the best of Baths past is turning its attention to the future for a new energy initiative.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Reduction, U. K. Carbon

| Sourced From Proprint |

Firms must navigate vague guidance around offsets and increasingly stringent rules on greenwashing.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Neutral, CDM

| Sourced From MNN |

As companies around the world begin to focus on including corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals in their annual reports, a surprising number of companies in the United Kingdom do not even understand the company’s carbon footprint. With a portion of a typical CSR report focused on reducing ones carbon footprint, actually knowing this number would be a good place to start.

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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emissions, low carbon transport

| Sourced From Media-newswire |

Victoria’s leading role in tackling Climate Change will boost jobs and the economy under a new Brumby Labor Government initiative designed to help local businesses export their green services and products overseas.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, Carbon Project

| Sourced From Physorg |

Greenhouse gas markets, where invisible gases are traded, must seem like black boxes to most people. Farmers can make money on these markets, such as the Chicago Climate Exchange, by installing methane capture technologies in animal-based systems, no-till farming, establishing grasslands, and planting trees.

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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, greenhouse gas calculator, USDA

| Sourced From Treehugger |

Even though it often seems that even mentioning climate change or pricing carbon on a national basis is an utter nonstarter, here’s another example of how states aren’t waiting for the Feds to get their act together: The Sacramento Bee reports on progress with the Western Climate Initiative. Specifically, California and 10 other US states and Canadian provinces are moving forward with plans to set up their own carbon trading market.

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Tags: Carbon Market, Carbon Tax, Carbon Trading

| Sourced From Azom |

Tampa Electric today announced that the company has partnered with Siemens to pilot a project at Tampa Electrics Big Bend Power Station to capture CO2 emissions from conventional coal-fired power plants using an environmentally friendly process developed by Siemens.

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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, CCS

| Sourced From Managers |

The coalition government has released a report outlining the role of the proposed Green Investment Bank in the UK.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, low-carbon economy, U. K. Carbon

| Sourced From Risk |

Increased use of standardised baselines for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects would motivate increased investment and reduce risk for project developers, according to a report by carbon offset specialists Perspectives for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

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Tags: carbon offset, Carbon Project, CDM, EU ETS

| Sourced From Busrep |

Gold Fields would invest in a R200 million carbon emissions trade deal to raise funds for clean energy projects, the gold producer said yesterday.

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Tags: Carbon Emissions, CERs, Emission Reduction

| Sourced From Businessgreen |

New Zealand will go ahead with its proposed carbon trading scheme despite Australia abandoning its plan to price carbon last month, prime minister John Key said this morning.

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Tags: Carbon Price, Carbon Trading, ETS

Real Business magazine has included Carbon Retirement Director Jane Burston in their list of ‘future FTSE leaders’. Their 30:30 Vision report highlights Britain’s top 30 entrepreneurs under 30, all of whom are bringing new perspectives to their industry http://realbusiness.co.uk/3030_vision/3030_vision.

Tags: carbon offset, Carbon Retirement, Real Business