IRELAND has a realistic chance of resurrecting its international financial reputation by becoming a leading global hub for carbon credit trading. Go to Source Read more »
EcoSecurities Loss Narrows on Carbon-Credit Revenue (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 12 (Bloomberg) — EcoSecurities Group Plc , the Dublin-based developer of emission-reduction projects, said its annual loss narrowed after revenue from greenhouse-gas credits gained. Go to Source Read more »
Can Socially Responsible ETFs be Fiscally Responsible? (ETFZone.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Social responsibility is the phrase du jour. Investing in socially responsible ETFs may begin to make sound fiscal sense. Go to Source Read more »
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-12 08:51 UPDATE 1-Climate Exchange volume surges, year loss narrows (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) – British carbon credit exchange operator Climate Exchange said trading volume on its main exchanges rose sharply in 2008 when its loss before tax narrowed to 2.5 million pounds ($3.5 million). “In spite of financial market distress and a serious economic downturn, environmental markets continue to grow,” it said in a [...] Read more »
CDM – Monitoring & Reporting for Carbon Credits – Case Study Published (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange)
For successful CDM/carbon-credit projects, accurate, transparent and auditable data are essential. Geotech has just published a case study showing how it is done using currently approved monitoring methodologies combined with quality equipment, quality audit/control and good management practice. Go to Source Read more »
City seeking changes from top to bottom (Kokomo Tribune)
From the top of City Hall to dozens of feet below street level, the city of Kokomo is on the verge of a transformation. From the new heating system planned for the library, to plans to convert wood chips into ethanol, green initiatives are becoming commonplace in the City of Firsts. Go to Source Read more »
Tapping carbon credit market among recommendations to help B.C.’s forestry sector (Business in Vancouver)
A new report by 19 forestry industry leaders has made 29 recommendations to help the ailing sector, which has… Go to Source Read more »
Green projects face carbon credit crunch – Times Online
Clean technology projects such as wind farms are facing a new threat — a sharp fall in the price that firms pay to pollute. The cost to companies of buying permits allowing them to release waste carbon into the atmosphere has fallen to a third of … Go to Source Read more »
Time for Victoria to give SD73 a carbon credit – Abbotsford News
Ken Christian is bang on the mark when he points to the absurdity surrounding the provincial carbon tax the Kamloops-Thompson school district will have to pay for the sin of busing kids to school from the rural regions of a district the size of some … Go to Source Read more »
Regina firm ups CO2 trading position – Edmonton Sun
REGINA — HTC Purenergy (TSXV:HTC) says it has acquired Carbon Rx Inc., a private company which develops technology to advance carbon credit trading around the world. Through the acquisition of Carbon Rx, HTC will have the exclusive right to use and … Go to Source Read more »