Mumbai-based Dollex Industries, an integrated sugar, power and biofuels manufacturer, is negotiating with UK-based Novera Energy for sale of 600,000 units of carbon credit over the next three-year period. Read more »
Farmers get money for capturing carbon (USA Today)
Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil. Read more »
Farmers get money for capturing carbon (PhysOrg)
(AP) -- Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil. Dobrinski, who farms near Makoti in northwestern North Dakota, said protecting the planet from global warming is not the primary reason he enrolled in National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. It's about money. Read more »
Farmers get money for capturing carbon (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil. Dobrinski, who farms near Makoti in northwestern North Dakota, said protecting the planet from global warming is not the primary reason he enrolled in National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. It's about money. "I am considerate of the environment, but I'm doing it more for my own pocketbook," ... Read more »
Farmers Union says carbon credit program includes nearly 2,300 farmers and ranchers nationally (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
BISMARCK, N.D. - Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil. Dobrinski, who farms near Makoti in northwestern North Dakota, said protecting the planet from global warming is not the primary reason he enrolled in National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. Read more »
$353k funding for carbon credit projects (Asia News Network)
A new bag of carrots provided by the Singaporean government will make it easier for local firms to take on carbon credit projects. Read more »
Camco makes $2.6 mln profit in carbon credit sale (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Project developers Camco International sold 151,288 tonnes of UN-approved carbon emission offsets on the spot market, generating some 1.75 million euros ($2.61 million) in profit, it said on Tuesday. Read more »
Camco makes $2.6 mln profit in carbon credit sale (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Project developers Camco International sold 151,288 tonnes of UN-approved carbon emission offsets on the spot market, generating some 1.75 million euros ($2.61 million) in profit, it said on Tuesday. Read more »
Carbon credit sales revenues to go to Environment Fund (Prague Daily Monitor)
Prague, Aug 11 (CTK) - Revenues from the sale of free carbon credits will go to the Czech State Environment Fund, under an amendment that President Vaclav Klaus signed Monday. Read more »
Getting paid for Carbon Capture (KX TV North Dakota)
It is hard to pass up extra cash... And nearly one-thousand state producers are getting paid for capturing and storing carbon dioxide in the ground. It's a part of the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. And Jim Hopfauf is one of those produ Read more »
Carbon-credit market trial to start in October (The Japan Times)
The Japan Electric Power Exchange will start trading carbon credits in October on a trial basis as part of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's goal to cut greenhouse gases by more than half, officials said. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has directed the 39-member bourse in Tokyo to design a Web-based trading platform, a METI official said on condition of anonymity because details haven't ... Read more »
Japan Power Exchange to Start Carbon-Credit Trading in October (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Japan Electric Power Exchange will start trading carbon credits in October on a trial basis as part of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda 's goal to cut greenhouse gases by more than half, officials said. Read more »
In other agribusiness news…. (High Plains Journal)
Darren Zink has been named strategic accounts manager for Brock Grain Systems, Milford, Ind. More than 2,300 farmers and ranchers will receive checks in the mail for capturing and storing carbon dioxide in their soil through the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. Read more »
Carbon credit generates nearly $500,000 for Nebraska’s farmers (High Plains Journal)
Nebraska Farmers Union President John K. Hansen announced that 221 Nebraska farmers will receive checks totaling $484,485.66 in income for 2006 and 2007 practices from no-till and newly seeded grassland offsets that capture and store carbon in their soil through the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program. Read more »
New carbon credit program aims to clean up the sky for ducks (The Bismarck Tribune)
A new program in North Dakota aims to put less greenhouse gas in the air and more ducks in the sky. Read more »
New ND carbon credit program aims to help ducks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A new program in North Dakota aims to put less greenhouse gas in the air and more ducks in the sky. A Grand Forks-based regional partnership funded by the federal Energy Department to study the storage of carbon dioxide in the ground -- a fledgling technology known as sequestration -- is teaming up with the U.S. Read more »
New ND carbon credit program aims to help ducks (Fargo Forum)
BISMARCK, N.D. - A new program in North Dakota aims to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the sky and increase the number of ducks in the air. Advertisement: TRU GREEN $25 OFF First Application Along with FREE Lawn Analysis and FREE Estimate with TruGreen! Read more »
New ND Carbon Credit Program Aims To Help Ducks (KFYR-TV Bismarck)
A new program in North Dakota aims to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the sky and increase the number of ducks in the air. A Grand Forks-based regional partnership funded by the federal Energy Department to study carbon sequestration is teaming up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited on the carbon credit program. Read more »
EERC’s Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership and Ducks Unlimited Announce Carbon Credit Program (Newswise)
The Energy & Environmental Research Center's (EERC's) Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership and Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a leading waterfowl conservation organization and a PCOR Partnership partner, announce the creation of a major carbon offset program. Read more »
Carbon credit deadline is Aug. 15 (The Prairie Star)
GREAT FALLS, Mont. n Enrollment in the Montana Farmers Union carbon credit program is ongoing, but the next pool deadline is Aug. 15 for no-till and seeded grass offsets. Read more »
Global Warming or Global Governance? (The Epoch Times)
If you were to ask ten people on the street if mankind’s activities are causing global warming, my guess is that a majority would say yes. In fact, a Gallup poll conducted July 23-26, 2007 found that 63% believed that global warming is caused mostly by human activities. But is this perception of global warming based on fact or just misguided opinion? Read more »
State of the Planet: Going green Beijing? (Crikey)
No related articles. Olympics, horse poo, garbage dumps and air planes. 'Green' Olympics—The Obligatory Olympic Post. Read more »
Poland Wants to Block EU’s CO2 Trading (BusinessWeek)
Poland, which depends on high-polluting coal plants, fears the auction system will drive up energy costs and hinder new technologies Read more »
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-07 12:30 EU, UN agree carbon credit registries can be linked in first half of October (Interactive Investor)
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) have agreed their carbon credit registries can be linked together in the first half of October. Read more »