Carbon Trading

The Costs of Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (PDF; 655 KB) Source: Congressional Budget Office From CBO Director’s Blog: The consumption of fossil fuels and deforestation are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2). Most experts expect that the accumulation of such gases in the atmosphere will result in a variety of environmental changes over [...]  

Download  http://www.dhf.uu.se/pdffiler/cc7/cc7_web.pdf Carbon Trade Watch, Transnational Institute  http://carbontradewatch.org/ Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since its adoption as part of the Kyoto Protocol. "Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails" outlines the limitations of an approach to...  

Globe and MailQuebec vows ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas emissionsGlobe and MailQuebec Premier Jean Charest is introduced to an international relations group Monday, November 23, 2009 in Montreal before his speech about his upcoming trip to the environmental summit in Copenhagen. The Canadian Press QUEBEC CITY — Globe and Mail ...Quebec sets 2020 greenhouse gas emission targetsReutersQuebec plans to cut greenhouse gases 20%National...  

Via the RFF Library Blog. European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2009_9?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic [Website] This report presents an assessment of the current and projected progress of EU Member States, EU candidate countries and other EEA member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for 2020...  

India Tells West To Stop Eating Beef India has urged the West to give up eating beef to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming. Dean Nelson in New Delhi 20 Nov 2009 According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, livestock is responsible for 18 per cent of the the Earth's greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, said if the world...  

This article in the NY Times fits nicely with my belief that carbon offsets are bullshit. "The carbon offset has become this magic pill, a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card," Justin Francis, the managing director of Responsible Travel, one of the world's largest green travel companies to embrace environmental sustainability, said in an interview. "It's seductive to the consumer who says, 'It's $4 and I'm carbon-neutral, so I can fly all I...  

The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on developing an inventory of China's greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, an initiative that appears be a response to criticism of Beijing's data collection.  

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on the proposed greenhouse gas emissions thresholds defining when Clean Air Act permits would apply to new or existing industrial facilities. This program would cover nearly 70 percent of the nation’s total GHG emissions from stationary sources. The nation’s largest facilities, including power plants, refineries, [...]  

NEW YORK, November 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EcoSecurities, (LSE: ECO) a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing, and trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, announces its partnership with The Economist to offset the carbon emissions which will result from holding The Carbon Economy summit, by retiring carbon offsets from the Irani wastewater methane avoidance project in Brazil.  

Brisbane TimesAustralia farmers see carbon credits boosting outputReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's grain production stands to get a boost following changes to the country's proposed carbon-emissions trading ...Australia exempts agriculture from emissions trading schemeBusiness GreenFarmers Out Of ETS 'Faster Than A Rat Up A Drain'Scoop.co.nz (press release)all 49 news articles »  

Boston GlobeReport: Texas greenhouse gas emissions downThe Associated PressEnvironment Texas analyzed the most recent US Department of Energy statistics that show the state is still the leader in carbon-dioxide emissions but cut ...Report: Florida emissions up 36%Bizjournals.comTexas Bucks Trend: Industrial Pollution Levels DropSmart Grid NewsStudy finds Jersey's pollution on the riseThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comEnvironment News Service...  

A'leading group of MEPs on Friday (20 November) warned�European Commission President Jos� Manuel Barroso�not to create a separate climate action department in the next EU executive, as rumours�abound in Brussels that the environmental portfolio currently held by Stavros Dimas could be split in two.