Google to Buy Carbon Offsets from Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project
Environmental Leader
Google will purchase carbon credits generated by a landfill gas-to-energy project in Berkeley County, SC, through 2013 as part of its commitment to become a ...

Portland-based Ecotrust sells first carbon credits
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A for-profit subsidiary of Portland-based Ecotrust has sold its first carbon credits from Washington forest land it owns. The deal puts more than 3000 acres ...

JSW Steel Wins Additional Carbon Credits for Cutting Emissions
BusinessWeek
By Natalie Obiko Pearson March 16 (Bloomberg) -- JSW Steel Ltd., India's third- largest producer of the alloy, won additional carbon credits for reducing ...

Energy Equipment Manufacturers Eligible For $2.3 Billion In Tax ...
GREENandSAVE
Projects will be ranked based on expected job creation, reduction of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, technological innovation, ...
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Accounting expert encourages investors to bet on renewables
ABS CBN News
For instance, the renewable energy law exempts the sale of carbon credits from all taxes, said Bonoan who is also vice-chair for Tax and Corporate Services ...
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Jason Hill: Cows, Congress and climate change
Pioneer Press
Agriculture accounts for around 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions - double the amount released by every car, truck, train, airplane and ship on ...
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Will Carbon Trading Save the Planet?
Wall Street & Technology
In some of the current US regional initiatives, prices for carbon credits have dropped at times, rendering them less effective as pollution deterrents ...
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Will airports buy carbon credits?
Chicago Daily Herald
Will they be able to tax the noise that jets make, or just the carbon it spews out? I see the airport buying many many carbon credits, or will they be ...
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Soil carbon credits to have dual currency
Stock and Land
KEN Newcombe believes that soil carbon credits could eventually have dual currency as an indicator of environmental health and sustainability. ...
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Draft Rules For Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System Released
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The Offset System will be part of the federal framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions which will include a cap-and-trade system. Credits created under ...
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Carbon credits could help forests
McCreary County Record
Property owners with significant stands of timber potentially can make money through carbon credits. Landowners can receive credit for the carbon their ...
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Guy's and St Thomas' sell carbon credits to campaign group
London SE1
All large energy users within the EU are given carbon dioxide emission allowances (carbon credits) under the mandatory European Emissions Trading Scheme. ...
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South Dakotans will pay more in effort to curb climate change
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
It then then let industries that emit greenhouse gases into the air, such as factories and utilities, to buy credits, creating the trade. ...
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Efficiency Measures Can Play Major Role in Reducing US Greenhouse ...
SocialFunds.com
by Robert Kropp Two new reports find considerable potential in energy efficiency for significant reductions in US greenhouse gas emissions, and that cost ...
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US Carbon Price May Reach $191 by 2030
Environmental Leader
Under one scenario, the price of carbon credits in the US could climb to $191 by 2030. That is, if the US does not begin adopting large-scale clean energy ...
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US carbon market: many projects, many clouds
Reuters
They could be part of a strategy to meet the bill's current target to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent of 2005 levels by 2020. ...
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Of Corn Ethanol Production
CattleNetwork.com
We will also show how GHG emissions from corn production vary based on region of the country. The sale value of GHG credits will be discussed briefly. ...
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Avoiding Europe's Carbon Trading Missteps
BusinessWeek
To avoid repeating many of the Old World's mistakes, analysts reckon the US must create a strict cap on carbon credits and make sure that consumers, ...
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Market is growing for greenhouse-gas credits
Ventura County Star
While the debate over the cause, severity and impacts of global warming continues to rage, an unprecedented marketplace already has begun to develop over greenhouse-gas credits. It is likely it will keep developing in a sort of clash of "environmental goals meet economic reality." Here is how the debate is likely to shape up.

Cheyenne Light bashes cap and trade laws
Wyoming Tribune
The company is not against legislation that would cap greenhouse gases. How the credits are traded will have the most impact on consumers. ...
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Climate Bill Would Raise Costs Slightly
New York Times
Pre-listing requirements should oblige persons who offer to sell GHG credits to the public to first publish an audited firm-wide GHG inventory. ...
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Minnesota farmers are skeptical about cap-and-trade proposals
Capitol Report
Also recently, the US Supreme Court said that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate greenhouse gas emissions in order to ensure public health. ...
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World Bank to buy carbon credit from Congo project
Reuters
... institution to address climate change caused by deforestation by compensating developing countries for greenhouse gas emission reductions. ...
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Meat, climate change, and industry tripe
Grist Magazine
In the agriculture section (PDF) of its "Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1990-2007," the EPA credits "agriculture soil management"-ie, ...
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