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Jhon Mathew Efforts to Stop California Cap-and-Trade

California finally could be serious about turning around their sputtering economy. One hopeful sign is a ballot initiative that would repeal the Golden State's version of a cap-and-trade carbon tax.

This feel-good law to reduce the state's carbon footprint was enacted with great hoopla by the Democratic legislature and Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 when the state's economy was would create jobs. The same fairy tale many in Washington are repeating today.

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Added by Jhon Mathew on February 7, 2010 at 4:01am — No Comments

Bob Simmons Global Carbon Market Worth €121 billion in 2010

The global carbon market will be worth €121 billion ($170bn) in 2010, up 33% on last year, according to a recent report by Point Carbon, the leading independent provider of market intelligence, news, analysis, forecasting and advisory services for energy and environmental markets. The report, Outlook 2010 and beyond, also predicts that traded volumes will increase be only 5% on 2009, to a total of 8.4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Global carbon market worth €121bn in… Continue

Added by Bob Simmons on February 7, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

Bob Simmons Nationwide Monitoring Network to Monitor Global-Warming Gases

The monitoring network which is expected to grow initially focus on pinpointing the sources and concentrations of methane, potent contributor to climate change. The California plan is early example of the kind of system that may be needed in many places as countries develop plans to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases.

While monitoring stations around the globe already detect carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases, they are deliberately placed in remote locations and… Continue

Added by Bob Simmons on February 6, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Sherry US Check on Emissions Trading

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 told a New Hampshire town hall meeting the US Senate may want to "separate things out", passing an energy bi… Continue

Added by Sherry on February 6, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Roy New Buget from DC:Unrealized Revenue from Not Yet Passed Cap and Trade Legislation Included

As predicted, the administration has included, unrealized revenue, from a not yet passed piece of legislation, as part of the solution for their out of controlled spending. The DC experts believe that we all will agree that any income collected will be favorable to us in order to reduce the deficit. The uninformed will probably think it is a great idea. The environmental financial beneficiary's of Cap and Trade will lobby for it and the airways will soon see ads in favor. This is their way of co… Continue

Added by Roy on February 2, 2010 at 6:51pm — No Comments

Pawel Poturalski cap and trade will destroy many companys

cap and trade is a nightmarish idea which aims to stop economic growth. Control of CO2 is kind of interference into free market, which is based on free competition on an equal basis. This idea rely on financial penalty just only for company existence. That's why in the long run "cap and trade" will bring the same problems as in case of price of oil manipulation and cause the crisis as we have today. Continue

Added by Pawel Poturalski on February 2, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Christopher Cap & Trade

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Added by Christopher on January 31, 2010 at 8:43am — No Comments

Christopher Go Green and Save Green at home and at work

10 simple things you can do today to help reduce your environmental impact, save money, and live a happier, healthier life. Save energy to save money. * Set your thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and a few degrees higher in the summer to save on heating and cooling costs. * Install compact fluores… Continue

Added by Christopher on January 31, 2010 at 8:17am — No Comments

Jhon Mathew Carbon Trading In Europe: Companies can buy or sell a ton of CO2 for about $20

In the effort to reduce harmful emissions without subverting industry, one model has come to the fore: carbon trading. Under this system, a ceiling, or “cap,” is set on the amount of emissions allowed into the air, under which manufacturers and other emitters can buy and sell pollution permits. The cost of those permits, in turn, makes it economical for com… Continue

Added by Jhon Mathew on January 31, 2010 at 5:17am — No Comments

Jhon Mathew Carbon Hunters: Documentary explores carbon trading business

A new breed of entrepreneurs is working to get rich — and save the planet. They are called carbon hunters, which is also the title of a new documentary that airs on CBC-TV's Doc Zone It's about people who find, package and sell carbon credits, then take a cut from the sale. Vancouver journalist and filmmaker Miro Cernetig, who wrote and directed Carbon Hunters, says the $100-billion business is big, even thought the commodity is largely invisible. His documentary follows S… Continue

Added by Jhon Mathew on January 31, 2010 at 3:01am — No Comments

Jhon Mathew Carbon Trading 101

Carbon emissions trading is emissions trading specifically for carbon dioxide CO2 or its equivalent CO2e. It is calculated in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e. Carbon trading currently makes up the bulk of emissions trading and is the central pillar of the Kyoto Protocol and other international agreements… Continue

Added by Jhon Mathew on January 31, 2010 at 2:32am — No Comments

Bob Simmons Modern Weapon Against Global Warming: Biochar

Scientists are reporting that "biochar" -- a material that the Amazonian Indians used to enhance soil fertility centuries ago -- has potential in the modern world to help slow global climate change. Mass production of biochar could capture and sock away carbon that otherwise would wind up in the atmosphere as carbon dio… Continue

Added by Bob Simmons on January 31, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

Bob Simmons Use Trees and Grasses to Capture Carbon and Produce Energy

A unique £1.1 million research project is investigating how coppiced trees and grass crops can be used both to generate renewable energy and to trap carbon in the soil over the long-term. Led by professor Gail Taylor, an expert on plants and the environment at the University of Southampton a team of scientists across the… Continue

Added by Bob Simmons on January 31, 2010 at 1:08am — No Comments

Jhon Micheal Vincent Race to Develop Greener, Cleaner Technology

It is shaping up to be the Great Game of the 21st century. To top officials and business executives here at the World Economic Forum, Topic A this year was the race to develop greener, cleaner technology, which is emerging as one of the critical factors in reshaping the world economy as emerging powers snap at the he… Continue

Added by Jhon Micheal Vincent on January 30, 2010 at 8:17pm — No Comments

Jhon Micheal Vincent Stop Eating Meat and Save the Planet

Delegates arriving at the gates of the climate conference in Copenhagen last month were met by woman in furry animal suits holding placards showing pictures of lambs, cows and pigs and warning, "Don't Eat Me" The woman were representative of Ching Hai, the leader of a group that advocates adherence to Buddhist precepts, including following vegan or vegetarian diets. As they lined up for hours in free… Continue

Added by Jhon Micheal Vincent on January 30, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Sherry Carbon Derivatives Dangers

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. If we develop products which we don't understand then we run into dangers," Feike Sijbesma, the Dutch company's chief executive, told R… Continue

Added by Sherry on January 30, 2010 at 4:30am — No Comments

Sherry China - World's Largest Market For Environmental Products

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 rather than spot prices. But panellists at the Asian… Continue

Added by Sherry on January 28, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Christopher Wipro Has 'Impressive Plans' To Develop Low Carbon Biz In UK

IT major Wipro has "impressive plans" for developing low carbon business in the UK, Business Secretary of the UK, Lord Peter Mandelson said on Friday. "I have just come from a fascinating visit to Wipro, where (the company's Chairman) Azim Premji outlined impressive plans for developing low carbon business in the UK", he said launching the IISc-UK lecture series at the Indian Institute… Continue

Added by Christopher on January 24, 2010 at 8:44am — No Comments

Bob Simmons Carbon Credits Were a Great Idea, But the Benefits Are Illusory

Instead of reducing our own carbon emissions, we'll pay other people to reduce theirs. Win-win! Not so fast. Carbon offsets — and emissions-trading schemes, their industrial-scale siblings — are the environmental version of sub-prime mortgages. They both started from some admirable premises. Developing countries like China and India need to be recruited into the fight against… Continue

Added by Bob Simmons on January 24, 2010 at 7:59am — No Comments

Sherry Carbon Trading Won't Stop Climate Change

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 Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which compels highly polluting industries to buy permits to emit CO2. The number of permits is limite… Continue

Added by Sherry on January 24, 2010 at 7:04am — No Comments

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Novo Nordisk slashes CO2 output

Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has managed to lower its CO2 emissions by 30 percent despite significantly increasing production. The reduction is so large that the company has now reached its goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions five years ahead of target, reports trade journal Ingeniøren. Continue Reading at CphPost

Automobili Lamborghini Reduces Its Factory CO2 Emissions By 30%

• A new 17,000 square meter photovoltaic system inaugurated at Sant’Agata Bolognese • An integrated environmental strategy based on both production process and product innovations • Lamborghini is the first Italian automotive company to be EMAS certified Automobili Lamborghini today inaugurates the new photovoltaic system installed at its premises in Sant’Agata Bolognese. The biggest integrated system in Emilia Romagna’s [...]

House Dem chairmen seek to block new EPA regs on CO2

We owe the founding fathers a great debt for making overreaching power grabs more difficult than they are in other places. Today The Hill  brings more proof of their wisdom House committee chairmen from Minnesota and Missouri are floating legislation to block planned EPA greenhouse gas rules. Continue Reading at AmericanThinker

Press Release – Government encouraged by national emission statistics

Commenting on today’s publication of the final estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock, said: “Today’s greenhouse gas emissions statistics are encouraging and show a continued decline in greenhouse gas emissions of nearly 2% during 2008. We are now clearly exceeding our Kyoto target of 12.5% below [...]

French CO2 emissions fall in 2008

PARIS (AFP) – France’s carbon emissions fell by 0.6 percent in 2008 over 2007, placing it on track to meeting its pledges under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol and for deeper cuts by 2020, the ecology ministry said Tuesday. Emissions of greenhouse gases were 527 million tons of CO2 equivalent, a measure by which heat-trapping gases are [...]

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