Planet Carbon Credit

Associated Press – January 25, 2009 5:25 PM ET TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A conservationist says landowners in eastern Oklahoma could take advantage of a program that allows carbon credits to be…
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Ecosystem services marketing, otherwise known as market-based conservation, is a relatively new concept. Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns first announced the new USDA Policy on Market-Based Environmental Stewardship in 2005 as a way to promote ecosystem services through voluntary…

Carbon credit dollars to flow through China dams, but may do little for climate
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A carnival of animals made its way to the L&N Depot Sunday.
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Former U.S. Marshal John Schickel says he wants to stop the broadcasting of 911 calls on the evening news.
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Thanks to a local entrepreneur, Kapuskasing will likely be the first community in Canada to be involved in a plan to sell carbon credits.
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BATH — The city of Bath will press forward with a plan to sell burned-off landfill gases on the national carbon credit market after a workshop with the City Council Wednesday night.
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Associated Press Writers= XIAOXI, China (AP) — The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting …

In a shocking development, the Associated Press reports on some specific examples of the carbon credit trade and finds that (a) they are costing people a lot of money, (b) they may do nothing to lower greenhouse gas emissions and…

XIAOXI, China (AP) — The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative “carbon credits” into…