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UN meeting on climate change to release 13,000 tonnes of CO2 in atmosphere!

Posted in Top Stories on January 4, 2009

| Sourced From Entertainment and Showbiz |

BA meeting of a UN (United Nations) body that aims to devise ways to fight climate change, may ironically add around 13,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) to Earth’s greenhouse effect.

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Carbon credits’ value may grow

Posted in USA on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From  The Tennessean |

Bellevue resident Ed Polk hangs onto 350 acres of forestland, not to market its timber but because he loves wildlife and wants to preserve a sense of Tennessee wilderness for future generations.

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Reducing carbon footprints: A New Year’s resolution

Posted in Global on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From  Phil Star |

This year, 2009, in Copenhagen, member countries of the UN must negotiate a new climate deal. Together with the rest of the world, we can avert the tipping point of irreversible climate change.

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New SDSU paper discusses carbon footprints

Posted in Press Release on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From Argus Leader |

A new South Dakota State University publication explains how carbon sequestration may help decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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An Emissions Plan Conservatives Could Warm To

Posted in Global on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From  The New York Times |

CONSERVATIVES don’t support tax increases that are veiled as “cap and trade” schemes for pollution permits. But offer us a tax swap, and we could become the new administration’s best allies on climate change.

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Stern hope over US climate deal

Posted in Top Stories on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From BBC |

Economist Lord Stern has said he is optimistic a global deal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions will be struck under Barack Obama’s US presidency.

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New USDA office to assess carbon credit values, Schafer says

Posted in USA on January 3, 2009

| Sourced From  Capital Press|

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture office to assess environmental benefits of agriculture and determine their value for carbon credit trading has been announced by Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer.

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Climate scientists: it’s time for ‘Plan B’

Posted in Global on January 2, 2009

| Sourced From The Independent |

An emergency “Plan B” using the latest technology is needed to save the world from dangerous climate change, according to a poll of leading scientists carried out by The Independent. The collective international failure to curb the growing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has meant that an alternative to merely curbing emissions may become necessary.

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Domtar commits to Chicago Climate Exchange

Posted in Carbon Market News on January 2, 2009

| 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.

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Carbon credits’ value may grow

Posted in Global on January 2, 2009

| Sourced From WBIR |

Bellevue resident Ed Polk hangs onto 350 acres of forestland, not to market its timber but because he loves wildlife and wants to preserve a sense of Tennessee wilderness for future generations.

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FACTBOX-U.N. CO2 credits: what are they and how do they work?

Posted in Top Stories on January 2, 2009

| Sourced From Reuters |

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Industrialised nations can meet U.N.-sanctioned greenhouse gas targets by buying emissions credits under three different trading schemes now worth billions of dollars a year.

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Wyo. to continue work on carbon storage bills

Posted in USA on January 2, 2009

| Sourced From Gillette News Record |

CHEYENNE ��” The Wyoming Legislature plans to continue work to regulate the underground storage of carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants and other sources.

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Will Travelers Buy Carbon Credits At The Airport?

Posted in Carbon Market News on January 2, 2009

| 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?

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Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon

Posted in Global on January 2, 2009

| Sourced From Environmental News Network |

“As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions were releasing 2.2 billion tons of carbon per year,” says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release, “Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon.” “Meanwhile, expanding forests in the temperate regions were absorbing 0.7 billion tons of carbon annually. On balance, a net of some 1.5 billion tons of carbon were being released into the atmosphere each year, contributing to global warming.”

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UK seeks low-carbon future and resilient economy

Posted in UK on January 1, 2009

| Sourced From Shanghai Daily  |

AS we fight the global financial crisis, both the UK and China will be looking to build resilient economies, insulated from shocks.

This does not mean, however, that there will be a temptation to rowback from climate change commitments.

Neither country can afford to turn to a high-carbon growth path.

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