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After a successful edition in Barcelona, Carbon Expo - Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference will return to Cologne, where the world's largest annual platform for emissions trading and greenhouse gas reduction projects will be held for the 7th time…
The opposition has seized on US President Barack Obama's acknowledgment that Congress may not pass his proposed emissions trading scheme this year, as the government claimed there was a $15 billion hole in Tony Abbott's climate policy. Mr. Obama tol…
Carbon derivatives should be regulated to stop the proliferation of instruments with the potential to wreak a sub-prime style crisis, the head of chemicals group DSM (DSMN.AS) said on Wednesday.
"I think we learnt a lesson from the financial crisis…
China could become the world's largest market for environmental products, predicted Chicago Climate Exchange founder Richard Sandor today.
At present, the carbon market is best-developed in Europe, where the highest volumes are traded in forwards r…
One day renewable energy looks like a sunrise industry, the next, tumbleweeds are blowing around a setting solar panel. What has changed? The price of emitting CO2.
In 2005 the European Union created the world's first proper carbon market, the EU E…
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plants; limits on available nitrogen constrain how much plants can grow. This in turn affects the amount of carbon dioxide plants can absorb, which affects the global climate.
Using a framework that considers i…
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In Uganda, a debate rages over the benefits of tree-planting schemes.
Early one morning in 1993, Wilson Turinawe woke up to the crack of gunfire in Uganda’s Kibale National Park. Paramilitary park rangers were attack…
When it's exposed to the elements, the surface of copper turns green because it reacts with oxygen. But now scientists have discovered a copper-based material with a surprising property: it reacts with carbon dioxide in air rather than oxygen. Thoug…
Sometimes the answer to an alarming problem is right under your nose, but you do not see it until some select group of geniuses points it out. That is the case with the brain-wave report that has just come out of the London School of Economics on th…
Analyses of a set of NASA data shows that water vapor greatly amplifies global warming, and carbon dioxide doesn’t mix in the atmosphere as quickly as assumed.
NASA has released the first-ever set of carbon dioxide data based only on daily observat…
The kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global temperatures than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale University geologists.
Their findings appear Decem…
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CARBON EXPO: Cologne in 2010
After a successful edition in Barcelona, Carbon Expo - Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference will return to Cologne, where the world's largest annual platform for emissions trading and greenhouse gas reduction projects will be held for the 7th time from May 26-28. 2010. This edition will again be jointly… Continue Posted on March 6, 2010 at 8:20am —
Green economy and renewable energy achievable in ten years
The managing director of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank). Mr. Roberts Orya, has stressed the need for Nigeria to focus on the green economy and renewable energy in its bid to join global forces on the green economy and renewable energy in its bid to join global forces to save a world that is threatened by climate and global warming.The managing director, who made this rema… Continue
Posted on February 28, 2010 at 5:17am —
Prospects of carbon trading under study
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is planning a majority foray into renewables, chiefly solar power, greenhouse gas emissions linked to its oil field operations. The move is part of a comprehensive efforts by the company to address greenhouse gas emissions linked to its hydrocarbon-related activities, John Malcom, Managing Director said, "in recent years, PDO has implemented a comprehensive program to address our emissions. In our existing operations we are minimizing… Continue
Posted on February 28, 2010 at 2:00am —
Carbon Credits Market
Optimism seems to have returned to the carbon credits market, with spot prices of certified emission reductions (CERs) or carbon credits testing the euro 13-levels. The December 2009 contracts for CERs on the European Climate Exchange are trading at around euro 12-12.5 over last month. The gap between forward contracts an… Continue Posted on February 21, 2010 at 1:50am —
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Citing Cap-and-Trade Fears, Republican Senators Kill Carbon Credits Bill
(KCPW News) The Utah Senate has shot down a bill that would allow cities, counties and special districts to trade carbon credits if they convert garbage otherwise bound for the landfill into fertilizer. Some Utah facilities already participate in a voluntary program called the Chicago Climate Exchange, but it’s unclear whether state code allows it. [...]J.P. Morgan senior executive proposes China develop domestic carbon-trading system
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) — Fang Fang, vice chairman of J. P. Morgan Asia Investment Banking division, has proposed that China develop a domestic carbon-trading system as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Continue Reading at News.XinhuanetUtah Senate rejects carbon trading support
The Utah Senate on Monday refused to support a voluntary greenhouse gas reduction market that one senator said could help municipalities and service districts make money by reducing pollution. A few Utah entities — notably Weber County with a methane production plant that saves landfill space and reduces carbon emissions — already sell carbon credits on [...]Opinion: Consumers driven by price, not saving CO2 – survey
LONDON (Reuters) – Consumers are still thinking about the price of the electronic goods they buy, rather than saving energy, according to a survey commissioned by energy-saving technology manufacturer Energenie on Monday. Continue Reading at UK. ReutersAPM Terminals cut CO2 emissions by 8% last year
APM Terminals told Portworld last Friday that CO2 emissions from its global network of 50 terminals in 34 countries fell 8% in 2009 from 2008 levels, through “aggressive measures to improve fuel economy” and the introduction of “environmentally sustainable terminal operating practices over the past year”. Continue Reading at PortWorldJoin Us On:
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