There's been plenty of discussion about 'Green IT' over the past year, but, as far as I can tell, there has been little discussion about SOA's role in all this. It can be assumed that as data centers are consolidated and streamlined, SOA methodologies will be employed to play some... Read more »

Royal Dutch Shell's chief executive officer is concerned about carbon credits. Read more »

Perhaps God is the master of subtle irony. As I drove from the Midwest to the West coast at the beginning of April, the snow was falling – not melting. The same was true for yesterday, when I performed my little tax errand. I find the snow makes the daffodils look much more pale, don't you? Read more »

ENVIRONMENT HDFC Bank into carbon credit Mumbai, April 15 HDFC Bank signed an agreement with Cantor CO2E India Pvt Ltd and MITCON Consultancy Services Limited (MITCON) for providing carbon credit services. As part of the agreement, HDFC Bank will work with the two companies on ... Read more »

INSIGHT Commodity prices vulnerable The world has changed. It used to be that, in a recession (or recession-like environment), commodity prices would fall. No longer. Even as the U S economy moves into negative growth territory, oil, gold, foodgrains (wheat, rice, corn, etc.) ... Read more »

Private sector lender HDFC Bank on Tuesday said it has signed agreements with two leading carbon-credit firms, Cantor CO2E India and Mitcon Consultancy Services, with a view to aid carbon credits. Read more »

Carbon credits in Guatemala Congratulations on one of the best pieces I've seen on carbon credits [''Latins get aid in global war on emissions,'' April 6]. I have two additional points based on my experience here in Guatemala. The U.N.'s Bonn-based agency that certifies projects and carbon credit amounts flatly rules out anything in Guatemala that moves, can be moved, or more than likely cut ... Read more »

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The spring deadline for carbon credit signup with the Farmers Union program is April 15. Read more »

Nick Fletcher: BAE investors were unnerved by the thought that the SFO investigation could be reopened Read more »

10:41 GMT 11April2008-Econergy up 5 pct as bidding war speculated Read more »

In a significant development, India's National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited on Thursday launched its futures contract for Certified Emission Reduction. Forward Markets Commission, chairman, B. C. Khatua inaugurated the launch at NCDEX Exchange Platform. The CER contract of NCDEX will be traded in multiples of one lot of 500 CERs each. Read more »

(Recasts lead to add response from Econergy, adds detail, background, share price) Read more »

Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is in the process to formulate guidelines for demutualisation of existing commodity exchanges and setting up of new commodity exchanges, said BC Khatua, chairman FMC. Khatua was speaking at a function organised by National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) to launch its carbon credit contract on Thursday. Read more »

NEW DELHI: Futures trading in carbon credits kick started on a positive note on Thursday on the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX). The December contract was trading up by 1.21 per cent at Rs. 1,007 per Certified Emission ... Read more »

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd. (NCDEX) on Thursday launched futures contract for carbon credit, or certified emission reduction (CER), issued under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change. Read more »

SINGAPORE : Singapore will have its first 25 megawatt horticultural and wood waste plant by 2010. This is seen as a boost for the emerging biofuel sector. Read more »

New Australian web video production and marketing services company, Soul Arch Media & Marketing, is offering carbon credits instead of discounts to entice "green" clients. Read more »

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Alliant Insurance Services, one of the nation's largest specialty insurance brokerage firms, has developed an insurance program to mitigate political and counterparty default risk in carbon credit projects, an area of concern to many investors in the burgeoning area of carbon credits, the company announced. Read more »

Royal Dutch Shell is pushing carbon capture in the European Union. Read more »

Mumbai, April 7: India's leading carbon credit advisory firm Emergent Ventures India (EVI) Monday said it has raised Rs.400 million from Infrastructure Development Finance Company private equity (IDFC PE) fund II. Read more »

Hotel Lawyer on The Hotel Developers Conference™ 2008. Here at www.HotelLawBlog.com and in our everyday practice, the hotel lawyers at JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® are always exploring the cutting edge. Annually, at The Hotel Developers Conference™, the Group's hotel attorneys bring together the leading experts to illuminate the hottest topics concerning hotel development. Read more »

IDFC Private Equity Fund II, a fund managed by IDFC PE has invested Rs 40 crore in Emergent Ventures India (EVI), a carbon credit advisory firm that provides comprehensive solutions under the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) program ranging from project origination to assistance with project implementation and the monitoring/delivery of certified emission receipts (CERs) and voluntary ... Read more »

Carbon trading company Carbon Market Solutions Ltd and online auction site Trade Me today launched the first New Zealand auction of Kyoto carbon credits. Read more »

Carbon trading company Carbon Market Solutions and online auction site Trade Me have launched the first New Zealand auction of Kyoto carbon credits. Read more »

Carbon Market Solutions Limited, a leading New Zealand carbon trading company, and Trade Me today announced the first New Zealand auction of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). Read more »