Carbon Offsets Daily

With the TerraPass has taken carbon offsetting to a new level. Now customers can not only purchase offsets to reduce their carbon footprint but they can also direct the company's effort to offset projects of their choice. Once the emissions have been calculated, the customer will be able to determine how the offset investment is split across clean energy, farm power and landfill gas.

gives companies and individuals the opportunity to neutralize carbon emissions generated through activities such as driving, air travel etc. Customers can use the available on the website to estimate and subsequently offset their emissions through purchase of carbon offsets.

There are more out there but this is a sign of how big carbon offsets are getting in the domestic U.S. market.

Airlines

1. Continental (Carbon Offsets from )
2. Delta (Carbon Offsets from )
3. Virgin (Carbon Offsets from )
4. Cathay Pacific (Carbon Offsets from ???)
5. SAS (Carbon Offsets from )
6. Expedia (Carbon Offsets from )
7. JetBlue (Carbon Offsets from )
8. Travelocity (Carbon Offsets from )
9. World Class Charters (Carbon Offsets from )

Auto

1. Enterprise (Carbon Offsets from )
2. National Car Rental (Carbon Offsets from )
3. Alamo Rental Car (Carbon Offsets from )
4. Allstate (Carbon Offsets from )
5. Volkswagen (Carbon Offsets from )
6. Land Rover Portland (Carbon Offsets from )

Bottled Water

1. Figi (Carbon Offsets from / ICF International)
   

Consumer Products

1. Biolage (Carbon Offsets from )
2. The North Face (Carbon Offsets from )

Credit Card

1. Brighter Planet - w/BofA financial services (Carbon Offsets from )
2. GE (Carbon Offsets from AES)

Electronics

1. Toshiba (Carbon Offsets from )
2. Dell (Carbon Offsets from and )

Entertainment

1. NBC Universal’s "Green in Universal" (Carbon Offsets from )
2. The Walt Disney Company (Carbon Offsets from )

Publications

1. Coastal Living (Carbon Offsets from )

Shipping

1. uShip (Carbon Offsets from )
2. DHL (Carbon Offsets from ???)
3. BetterWorld.org (Carbon Offsets from )
4. EvoGear.com (Carbon Offsets from )
5. 3rLiving.com (Carbon Offsets from )
6. Alonovo.com (Carbon Offsets from )
7. EA Logistics "Delivered GrEAn" (Carbon Offsets from )
8. CarbonCart.com (Carbon Offsets from )
9. Continental Airlines Cargo (Carbon Offsets from )
10. UHaul (Carbon offsets from )
11. Gaiam (Carbon Offsets from )

Travel

1. Aspen Ski Area (Carbon Offsets from )
2. Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Carbon Offsets from )

If you or your company wants to be added to this list, or if you have any corrections or changes, please send us a comment.

reports that the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization has launched a in a bid to standardize the carbon offset schemes provided by various airlines. Given the fact that carbon offsetting has been initiated as a voluntary market that is devoid of stringent regulations, airlines continue to offer disparate offsets. ICAO's John Hupe said "We were very concerned with the proliferation of offsetting schemes". The has collaborated with ICAO to promote the calculator in the hope that it will regulate and increase the efficacy of the offset markets to reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation industry. According to UNWTO, and by 2020 there will 1.6 billion international arrivals.

The calculator has elicited mixed reactions. While some concur with the methodology used, others have criticized it as underestimating the impact of air travel on global warming as it measures only carbon emissions. However, the good news is that the ICAO seems to be open to feedback in order to bring about