Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday he would fire Environment Minister Viliam Tursky for his handling of a graft scandal tied to a carbon emissions sale. “The reason for my decision is the repeatedly proven incompetence of SNS nominees … Go to Source Read more »
UK Arrests in Carbon Credit Trading Scam – Canada Free Press
Officers from HM Revenue & Customs searched both residential properties and offices in both Gravesend and London targeting an alleged network of organised crime. Members are believed to have been trading large volumes of high-value carbon credits … Go to Source Read more »
FEATURE-Carbon traders bet on California redwoods – Reuters AlertNet
U.S. carbon traders buy/sell CO2 in California redwoods * Voluntary market tests what makes a carbon credit good * Global market could develop after December climate talks By Peter Henderson GARCIA RIVER FOREST, Calif., Aug 21 (Reuters) – A stand of … Go to Source Read more »
New acreage enrolled in farmers’ program – Jamestown Sun
In 2009 nearly a million new acres were enrolled in the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program, bringing the total to 5.5 million acres nationwide, announced North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson on Wednesday. NDFU accepts … Go to Source Read more »
Europol expects more arrests in carbon fraud probe – Stabroek News
LONDON, (Reuters) – European police agency Europol expects further arrests in connection with suspected carbon credit tax fraud after Britain’s tax office said two more people were arrested in London late yesterday, bringing the total to … Go to Source Read more »
Nine held in carbon trading swoop – Financial Times
Fraud investigators arrested nine people on Wednesday over a suspected £38m carbon credit trading scam in one of the clearest signs yet of criminals targeting international schemes to combat climate change. More than 100 Revenue & Customs officers … Go to Source Read more »
VerdeLogix, Green Diamond Syndication Partner in Carbon Offset Trading – PR.com
Colorado Springs, CO, August 15, 2009 –( PR.com )– VerdeLogix Corp., a specialist in predictive analytics software for renewable energy, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Green Diamond Syndication Ltd. (GDS) of Santa Fe, NM specifying … Go to Source Read more »
New Carbon Credit Enrollments Suspended – Wisconsin Ag Connection
Low prices brought on by political uncertainty have prompted AgraGate to suspend new enrollments into its carbon credit program. In an e-mail to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, AgraGate’s Interim CEO Dave Sengpiel said the price of carbon … Go to Source Read more »
World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project – Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it will buy 500,000 tons of carbon credits from a forest project replanting about 4,120 hectares destroyed by deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Replanting forests, which have been … Go to Source Read more »
Hungary to use carbon-credit revenues for improvements – Budapest Business Journal
Hungary’s Environment Ministry plans to use HUF 14 billion-15 billion of the HUF 28.2 billion in revenue from the sale of its carbon credits allocation for a program to make pre-fabricated communist-era buildings more energy efficient, Environment … Go to Source Read more »