Carbon Offset News
09 May 2008
If there's a paradise for environmentalists, this Nordic nation of 9.2 million people must be it. In 2007 Sweden topped the list of countries that did the most to save the planet - for the second year running - according to German environmental group, Germanwatch. Between 1990 and 2006 Sweden cut its carbon emissions by 9%, largely exceeding the target set by the Kyoto Protocol, while enjoying economic growth of 44% in fixed prices.
09 May 2008
Engineers, trade unions, farmers and house builders today backed a campaign by Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association to introduce a "feed-in tariff" system that would improve Britain's take-up of renewable energy.
09 May 2008
The future of the world's largest offshore wind farm and a symbol of Britain's renewable energy future was thrown into doubt last night after it emerged that Shell was backing out of the project and indicated it would prefer to invest in more lucrative oil schemes.
30 April 2008
As the government ponders on the creation of 15 new ‘eco-towns’, the UK’s smallest city is already on the way to becoming the world’s first carbon neutral city.
30 April 2008
Following the success of energy-saving initiatives across managed estate, Midlands brewer Marston’s is introducing a similar programme throughout its tenanted and leased pub estate as well at its Wolverhampton head office.
30 April 2008
Vodafone has said it will halve its carbon dioxide emissions by 2020, largely by making its networks more energy efficient.
26 April 2008
The United Nations approved the one thousandth clean energy project under a program run under its Kyoto Protocol global warming pact, the U.N.'s climate change secretariat said on Monday.
26 April 2008
MPs are investigating how best to lower the carbon footprint of
Britain
's offices, shops and factories.
14 April 2008
After ten years of soaring business, the tide is starting to turn against bottled water.
14 April 2008
DHL parent Deutsche Post World Net has set a target to reduce its carbon footprint by 30 per cent by the year 2020. To reach this it will replace 90 per cent of its air fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft. It will also expand its use of hybrid engine technologies and improve its route planning, to ensure the reduction of its road fleet.
14 April 2008
Is
Latin America
is the Clean Development Mechanism’s land of opportunity?
14 April 2008
Energy Saving Day was worth the effort" says the man who came up with the idea
07 April 2008
Britain's leading scientists have told ministers that plans for a new generation of coal power stations pose an unacceptable climate risk, unless greater efforts are made to trap and store the carbon pollution they produce.
07 April 2008
Carbon dioxide emissions from
Europe
's heavy industry sectors rose by 1.1% in 2007, say carbon market analysts.
04 April 2008
Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Costa Rica are in the race for the greenest of the laurels, competing to be the first of the world's 195 nations to go entirely carbon neutral.
04 April 2008
Gordon Brown's pledge to create a string of carbon-neutral “eco-towns” will prove unachievable unless the government buys carbon offsets, the designers of the scheme have warned.
04 April 2008
Scientists and officials from across the world meet in
Thailand
this week for the first formal talks in the long process of drawing up a replacement for the
Kyoto
climate change pact by the end of 2009.
29 March 2008
Using plant-based materials for vehicle fuel was until recently heralded as the answer to the need to reduce carbon emissions from petrol and diesel fuels. But new alarm bells are ringing!
18 March 2008
The European Union wants developing countries to make more effort to cut their ballooning greenhouse gas emissions rather than rely on carbon offset schemes.
10 March 2008
The
Country
Land
and Business Association (CLA) has co-operated with the leading land agents Savills to release a new, free, web-based calculator which will allow farmers and land managers to work out their carbon accounts.
10 March 2008
Householders wishing to install energy generating equipment, including solar panels, will no longer require planning permission under proposals announced early this month
03 March 2008
The lead singer of Radiohead today launched a campaign to persuade the European Union and European governments to commit to annual cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
03 March 2008
Carbon Accounting for Land Managers (CALM) - a free web-based calculator which will allow farmers and land managers to work out their carbon accounts is due to go live on the 7th
25 February 2008
Negotiations are underway between leading offset providers looking to bolster the sector's credibility with the launch of a new trade group
25 February 2008
Planktos, the company hoping to create carbon credits by fertilising oceanic plankton blooms.
22 February 2008
The
UK
's leading gym and fitness equipment retailer Totally Fitness has announced that it is to offset its emissions and go Carbon Neutral.
01 February 2008
A company’s carbon footprint does not begin and end with its own operations. Some of the world's most high profile conglomerates are setting a good example by recognising that they are responsible for carbon emissions generated in their supply chains. and a group of big guns have got together to form the Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC) in order to do something about it.
01 February 2008
Branson is claiming to be the first ever carbon neutral motorcycle company.
01 February 2008
The Mastic Asphalt Council has announced it will offset all carbon emissions produced by its industry.
21 January 2008
British Airways has launched a new carbon offset scheme after its previous programme to offset emissions was described as "risible" by MPs.
13 January 2008
Leading marine scientists have issued a warning that it is too early to sell carbon offsets from the use of iron to fertilise the growth of microscopic marine plants which take up carbon dioxide.
13 January 2008
People living in a Brecon Beacons village are being urged to take part in a survey which aims to make their community carbon neutral.
07 January 2008
Prince Charles has offered to team up with
Norway
in projects to save forests around the world, Norwegian officials said on Thursday.
02 January 2008
Only 1% of British businesses are aware of the scale of their carbon emissions, Carbon Trust research has suggested.
17 December 2007
The UN is to offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its delegates attending the climate change summit currently underway in Bali.
17 December 2007
Vehicle
manufacturer
Land
Rover is using it to offset both its own production emissions and those of some its customers
10 December 2007
Australian Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister, following a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last week.
10 December 2007
IT firm Toshiba has today launched a service that will allow customers buying any of the company's laptops to offset the carbon emissions associate with the manufacture and use of the product.
05 December 2007
According to new research, carbon trading has the potential to halt the destruction of rainforests.
28 November 2007
The market for carbon offsets is small but growing rapidly, according to a July study by Ecosystem Marketplace, a nonprofit that tracks markets intended to benefit the environment.
The amount of carbon emission credits traded in the United States tripled from 2005 to 2006, Ecosystem's study found, with trading valued at $91 million in 2006.
27 November 2007
London 2012 Olimpics ‘One Planet Games’ carbon emissions are to be calculated right down to the emissions caused by the buzzer sounding when a single hit is made in a fencing match.
27 November 2007
Energy giants E.on is to help cut the carbon footprint of the nation’s favourite game
23 November 2007
Tropical nations that prevent the logging or burning of their rainforests could be paid for the carbon they stop reaching the atmosphere, under proposals to be discussed at UN climate change talks in December.
19 November 2007
An internet search engine has launched the first ever ‘offset as you search’ project.
MagicTaxi.com and the woodland trust pledge to plant trees to help reduce customer carbon footprints.
19 November 2007
Virgin Atlantic launches onboard carbon offset scheme
7 November 2007
30 October 2007
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing much faster and will be harder to control than scientists have predicted, a study has found.
30 October 2007
Sainsbury’s has announced plans to give away one million energy-saving compact flourescent light bulbs – about the amount the supermarket giant normally sells in a year.
30 October 2007
Olympic chiefs worried about the environmental damage caused by the Olympic flame are exploring options for a carbon neutral flame
22 October 2007
Over fishing has cut deeply into the North Sea's cod population in recent decades, and scientists now say this important food fish faces a second challenge — climate change.
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