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Reuters
Battling climate change is so important to the image of many companies, and so cheap, that carbon offsetting is unlikely …
Bloomberg
Barack Obama will classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated should he win the …
Carbon Positive News
Carbon market analysts see falls in prices over the medium term from the financial crisis and economic downturn…
MarketWatch
Energy Insights announced today that it has published an Industry Short List to help utility and oil and …
Reuters
Italy is close to backing a French plan to phase in European Union curbs on greenhouse gas …
Forbes, NY
The European Union should not allow industry to meet climate goals by funding tree planting or cutting deforestation in ..
Global
CSRwire.com (press release)
The Koelnmesse group, co-organizer of Carbon Expo and Carbon Forum Asia, today announced the launch …
Cordis News, Belgium
A seminar on commercialising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in the EU and Japan will be organised in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 November. …
Your Renewable News (press release), UK
West Indies Power (Nevis) Ltd., signed an agreement with Carbon Resource Management, a Geneva-based company, for the consultancy and assistance with the …
WBCSD
Industrial carbon emissions will fall faster in Europe as result of a coming recession, cutting the demand for and price of emissions permits under the European Union’s emissions trading …
Asia
Reuters UK
Major Japanese companies including utility firms are expected to join in a local over-the-counter market for carbon offsets that the government is to launch later this month, the Nikkei business daily …
Arab News
Four major energy producing and consuming nations — Saudi Arabia, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have backed the global carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiative and they have launched a plan to set up a ‘CCS Group’ to work together with a defined mission that will open a new era of clean energy revolution. …
Hindu, India
Chennai: While there can be no two opinions on whether carbon emissions should be reduced, there appears however to be a continuing debate among companies …
Australasia
Environmental Expert (press release), Spain
The government is developing regulations to specify the carbon credits known as assigned amount units that will be accepted for compliance with the …
Marlborough Express, New Zealand
Carbon-concerned tourists can holiday guilt free in Picton after three tourism companies signed up to sponsor trees growing in the Marlborough Sounds. …
Weekly Times Now, Australia
NSW soil scientists will conduct a series of ‘carbon myth busting’ seminars aimed at helping farmers understand soil carbon. The first seminar will be held …
ABC Online, Australia
The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU) says the Federal Government is compromising its development of clean coal technology by failing to resolve a pay …
Canada
AOL Canada, Canada
Premier Gordon Campbell says BC will have a stronger voice in Ottawa following the federal election on Tuesday, and he isn’t worried about any differences …
North Shore News, Canada
The District of North Vancouver is on its way to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming carbon neutral by 2012 according to a report presented to …
The Canadian Press, FREDERICTON
Premier Shawn Graham says the message is clear - New Brunswickers don’t want a carbon tax. The Liberal premier’s comment comes after the …
The Australian, Australia
CANADIAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first Western leader to face the …
CTV.ca, Canada
Economic storm clouds and a lukewarm reception to the Liberals’ Green Shift plan will likely shelve a national carbon tax for now, experts say. …
Europe
Economic Times, India
A link between European Union and Kyoto Protocol carbon trading schemes will allow EU companies to pay developing countries for cheap greenhouse …
DetNews.com, MI
As car sales crater and manufacturers cut output, lay off workers and slash prices to try and retain some semblance of viability, the European Union plans …
Reuters
European Union plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions could cause economic damage because they are so costly, Italian industrial leaders …
UK
guardian.co.uk
The government today committed the UK to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 80% by the middle of the century in a bid to tackle climate change. …
USA
Carbon Finance, UK
The Executive Board has taken second place to private sector verification companies in causing delays to the development of Clean Development Mechanism …
MarketWatch
Best Buy Co., Inc. has announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 percent per square foot …
Riverwired, NY
New web site VroomVroomVroom.com (I’ll just call it Vroom from here on out) aggregates car rentals into one-stop online renting. Enter your travel dates and …
The Coloradoan, CO
CSU President Larry Penley’s former chief of staff will lead the university’s effort to go carbon neutral by 2020. .
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