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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 16:04

Treecycling: It's time to recycle your Christmas tree.

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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Tue, 01/05/2010 - 14:47

A swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park are the most intense in years.

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2008 a Devastating Year for Natural Disasters

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/04/2010 - 18:18

Insurance group ranks this year third for human and financial losses from natural disasters.

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World Bank raises $350 million through green bonds

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 21:28

The World Bank has raised $350 million through "green" bonds that fund emission reduction projects.

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Energy Savings from Shade Trees Documented

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 21:10

Shade trees on the west and south sides of a house can cut a summertime electric bill by about $25 a year.

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New California cars will carry environmental ranking

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 20:22

New cars in California are now required to carry a label that ranks their environmental impact.

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RGGI moves forward with transportation plan

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:38

RGGI states have signed a letter of intent to reduce carbon emissions from cars and trucks.

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European ETS commentary: EUAs fall

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:55

European carbon prices fell on Monday after another day of heavy spot trading.

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UN suspends Russia from international registry

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 16:24

Russia has been suspended from trading UN carbon credits after it failed to pay required fees.

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Corrected: Weekly CDM update: 1.16 million CERs issued

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 13:51

The UN has issued just over 1.16 million CERs to six projects so far this year.

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Soot reduction 'could help to stop global warming'

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Sun, 01/04/2009 - 05:00

Governments could slow global warming dramatically, and buy time to avert disastrous climate change, by slashing emissions of one of humanity's most familiar pollutants – soot – according to Nasa scientists. A study by the space agency shows that cutting down on the pollutant, which has so far been largely ignored by climate scientists, can have an immediate cooling effect – and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths from air pollution at the same time.

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Iowa climate group suggests ways to slash emissions

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 21:52

An Iowa climate group has proposed ways to cut emissions by as much as 90 per cent.

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European ETS commentary: EUAs down, gas lower

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 18:08

EU carbon prices ended lower today amid softer gas and power prices.

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Midday market update: EUAs tumble

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 12:50

EU carbon prices fell 3.8 per cent in morning trading on Friday, amid lower oil prices.

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JI monthly update: UN approves 6th project

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 11:09

The UN has approved its sixth emission reduction project under the joint implementation mechanism.

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2008 sees carbon trade reach nearly $100 billion

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 10:30

European carbon desks traded EUAs and secondary CERs worth almost $100 billion in 2008.

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Mozambique: Floods Threaten Six Towns

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 05:00

The surrounding areas of the towns of Chókwè, Xai-Xai, Chibuto, in the province of Gaza, and Inharrime, Inhambane and Maxixe, province of Inhambane, all in the southern region of Mozambique, could face localized flooding due to the persisting rains and increased water levels in the river basins, reports the Thursday's issue of the daily "Noticias".

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Togo: Coming in From the Storm

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 05:00

Residents in Togo's northern Savanes region say when it is dry here, not a drop of water can be found for kilometres. But when the floods come, nothing holds back the storms' fury.

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What can we do to save our planet?

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 05:00

Jim Lovelock, author of the Gaia theory

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Climate scientists: it's time for 'Plan B'

Grow Clean Air Carbon Offsets - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 05:00

An emergency "Plan B" using the latest technology is needed to save the world from dangerous climate change, according to a poll of leading scientists carried out by The Independent. The collective international failure to curb the growing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has meant that an alternative to merely curbing emissions may become necessary.

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