Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. Read more »
Now, carbon credits of India to be rated 24 Jul 2008, 0059 hrs IST, Namrata Singh,TNN (The Times of India)
MUMBAI: A month after IDEAcarbon launched the world's first carbon credit rating service in London, the firm plans to rate carbon credits generated from India's clean development mechanism (CDM) projects. Read more »
Vote gives state air-quality flexibility (Connecticut Post)
HARTFORD — A legislative committee, amid criticism that it may be ignoring the intent of the General Assembly, voted 7-6 on Tuesday to give state environmental officials wider discretion on a Read more »
Ludhiana furnaces come clean, 50 units adopt carbon-credit norms (IE via Yahoo! India News)
Even as the rest of the world blows hot and cold over signing the Kyoto Protocol to curb emission of gases contributing to global warming, the furnace industry of Punjab (much maligned for indiscriminate pollution) is showing the way. Read more »
KFA Seeks Assurances On Carbon Credit Promises (Scoop.co.nz)
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) is seeking assurances from the Labour and National parties that their 2007 promises to post-1989 forest owners, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, can continue to be relied upon. Read more »
US Carbon Initiative Nets Key Canadian Province (Planet Ark)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned US-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming. Read more »
Canada’s Ontario Joins US Carbon Initiative (Planet Ark)
OTTAWA - The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned US-based regional carbon credit trading pact, the province's premier, Dalton McGuinty, said on Friday. Read more »
World Bank to help Himachal Pradesh increase forest cover (New Kerala)
Shimla, July 20 : The World Bank has agreed to extend the facility of carbon credit financing to Himachal Pradesh to encourage people to raise forests on private and community lands. Read more »
U.S. carbon initiative nets key Canadian province (Environmental News Network)
The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned U.S.-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming. Ontario is the fourth province to join the effort that includes California and six other U.S. states, and was established by U.S. state governors tired of what they saw as the Bush administration's inaction on ... Read more »
Ontario joins U.S. carbon initiative (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Ontario will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned U.S.-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming. Read more »
U.S. carbon initiative nets key Canadian province (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned U.S.-based regional carbon credit trading pact aimed at curbing global warming. Read more »
Canada’s Ontario joins U.S. carbon initiative (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The province of Ontario, Canada's industrial heartland, will join the Western Climate Initiative, a planned U.S.-based regional carbon credit trading pact, the province's premier, Dalton McGuinty, said Friday. Read more »
Ontario joins North American environmental plan (Las Vegas Sun)
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 (11:27 a.m.) The Canadian province of Ontario will join a regional carbon credit trading pact developed by U.S. governors that would give companies financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more »
Ontario joins North American environment compact (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Canada's Ontario province will join a regional carbon credit trading pact developed by U.S. state governors that aims to compel companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more »
Ontario joins North American environmental plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Canadian province of Ontario will join a regional carbon credit trading pact developed by U.S. governors that would give companies financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more »
Lawton, Farmers Union promote carbon credits (The Chippewa Herald)
The Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program was promoted by Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton and Wisconsin Farmers Union President Sue Beitlich last week in a tour of southeastern Wisconsin. Read more »
Human rights a ‘compass’ for climate change policies (SciDev.net)
Human rights can be a "compass" to guide research and policy development for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, according to a report. Read more »
Nigeria: FG Adopting Guidelines for Desertification, Land Reform – Minister (AllAfrica.com)
Mrs. Halima Tayo Alao , the Minister for Environment, Housing and Urban Development, is very passionate about issues relating to climate change, erosion, flood, drought, desertification, and problems associated with the provision of affordable housing for the teeming populace. Read more »
Climate Exchange trading soars, expands overseas (Budapest Business Journal)
British carbon credit exchange operator Climate Exchange Plc said on Wednesday that trading volumes at its two main exchanges rose from a year ago, and it made progress with international expansion plans. Read more »
Climate Exchange trading soars, expands overseas (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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Can’t see wood for the (Guyra Argus)
Carbon credit brokers have sprung up across the nation. It is the environmental cottage industry we had to have in the long wait until 2010 when Australia finally gets a national emissions trading scheme. Read more »
Arkansas Landowners Receive Carbon Credit Checks (FOX 13 Memphis)
Some Arkansas landowners have discovered that money can grow on trees. Read more »
Service Channels (Web Host Directory)
Internode, Australian ISP has allocated $3 million to build a 'green' data centre as part of the company's conservation efforts. Read more »
Carbon dioxide crediting grows (The Clarion-Ledger)
Consumers and companies are spending $100 million a year on programs that promise to mitigate or offset the carbon dioxide emissions produced by, say, driving or flying, according to the World Bank. Read more »
Internode to construct ‘green’ data centre (iTNews)
Australian ISP Internode has allocated $3 million to build a 'green' data centre as part of the company's conservation efforts. Read more »