Just over 100 landowners will receive checks this week totaling $551,000 for enrolling land in a carbon credit program, the Montana Farmers Union said. The program links landowners with no- or low-till or seeded land to industrial businesses seeking to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
THE emissions trading scheme is already increasing power costs.
The global carbon credit market, which has doubled in value on an annual basis in recent years, is on track to continue expanding at a rapid rate, Santiago, Chile-based senior project managers with German carbon credit company First Climate Group told BNamericas.
GREAT FALLS – Just more than 100 landowners will receive checks this week totaling $551,000 for enrolling land in a carbon credit program, the Montana Farmers Union said.
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – British carbon credit exchange operator Climate Exchange announced on Thursday a pact with Chinese National Petroleum Corp.
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – British carbon credit exchange operator Climate Exchange announced on Thursday a pact with Chinese National Petroleum Corp.
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 30 July 2008 at 17:03:00 Government releases details on how controversial auctions will work The government yesterday unveiled further details of its plans to auction off carbon credits as part of the current stage of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, confirming that the…
A year after becoming an agent to sign up landowners to store carbon in the ground, the Montana Farmers Union is ready to pay up. The ag membership organization says 107 landowners in the state will get checks totalling about $500,000 soon.
Everett Dobrinski is getting a $4,000 check this week for storing carbon dioxide in his soil.
Trading in Carbon Credits was formalised with the 1997 Kyoto Protocol – an international agreement between 169 countries – under which countries commit to either reduce their emission of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading.