First US Forest Carbon Project is VCS Registered

Reforestation Project is First VCS Registered Forest Carbon Offset Project in US - Houston Chronicle

Over 30,000 acres of land in the Lower Mississippi Valley have been converted back to bottomland hardwood forests under the nation’s first forest carbon offset project to earn registration with the widely respected Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).

More people jumping on the carbon free bandwagon! What's stopping you?

Support doubles for CDP Carbon Action initiative

Ninety-two banks and investors have put their names to a call to 415 companies to manage and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The number of signatories supporting the Carbon Action initiative – co-ordinated by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – has risen from 36 last year. They collectively manage more than $10 trillion in assets.

New $895M California project will have zero wastewater!

Molycorp Plans Near-Zero-Wastewater Facility

California-based rare earth mining company Molycorp says its Project Phoenix facility in Mountain Pass, Calif., will have near-zero wastewater discharge.

CCC takes a hit. Shhhhh

Bunge deal sees Climate Change Capital investors take a hit

Agribusiness group Bunge is to buy environmental asset manager Climate Change Capital (CCC), the companies announced today, in a move that will see CCC’s backers take a hit on their investment.

Sustainable architecture: don't get stuck with last year's trends

Recent Trends in Sustainable Building

Sustainable building has had its ups and downs lately. Many building owners and professionals complain about the USGBC’s LEED standards, ranging from, “It’s too expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to get certification,” to, “It does not truly result in sustainability.” There has been talk about possible new competing standards or simpler ones that will gain interest from more building owners, such as the ICC’s International Green Construction Code, expected to be published this year.

Ikea is now 51% green

Ikea Sustainability Report: Over Half of Energy Now From Renewables

Renewable energy now provides 51 percent of Ikea’s energy, up from 47 percent in FY10, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report.

1.2M square feet of green building space

Largest Net-Zero Building in the World


When the Darla Moore School of Business is completed next year, the University of South Carolina will have 1.2 million square feet of green building space. The Moore School will be the largest net-zero building in the world.

Heartland Institute documents leaked by climate scientist Peter Gleick

Climate scientist Peter Gleick admits he leaked Heartland Institute documents | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A leading defender of climate change admitted tricking the libertarian Heartland Institute into turning over confidential documents detailing its plans to discredit the teaching of science to school children in last week's sensational expose. In the latest revelation, Peter Gleick, a water scientist and president of the Pacific Institute who has been active in the climate wars, apologised on Monday for using a false name to obtain materials from Heartland, a Chicago-based think tank with a core mission of dismissing climate change.

Mining wipes off their "black eye"

The Quiet Clean-Mining Revolution

After centuries of environmental effects ranging from toxic emissions to unsightly tailings ponds, acid mine drainage, massive energy consumption and other impacts, mining is slowly cleaning up its act. Why? Mostly because new clean technologies are increasing industrial efficiencies. They’re lowering mining companies’ power needs. And they’re even helping reduce water requirements, and/or remediating the produced water and mines of years past that are now leaching toxins. And that’s translating into cost savings for mining companies, which are being held increasingly accountable for their environmental impacts and are looking for ways to minimize the expenses of both the production phase of their operations, and reclamation (i.e. the mandated end-of-life cleanup expenses associated with mining in many jurisdictions, now).

Pro Sports Teams Environmental Disclosure Ranking

How U.S. Pro Sports Teams Rank on Environmental Disclosure | GreenBiz.com

Anywhere you look these days, sustainability considerations are playing an increasingly visible role in our lives and businesses. But what of their place in the national sports we devoutly cheer, debate and, yes, occasionally curse until we're at the brink of hoarseness? Consider that even the most star-crossed teams host tens of thousands of spectators per event and hold consequential media reach and a unique place in local civic spirit, and it's not hard to recognize their potential influence in modeling sustainable behavior. Not to mention that these are organizations faced with managing sizeable footprints -- owing to their venues, attendance, merchandising operations, and travel needs -- and the expectations that can accompany public construction financing.

Shipping CO2 For Maritime Industry Discussed

IMO to discuss CO2 curbs for ships, industry frets | Reuters

(Reuters) - The International Maritime Organization will next week debate market-based measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships, but the world's major shipping associations on Wednesday said the timing is not right for such measures to be applied.

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22 Feb 2012 12:25

Ukrainian exchange to auction 9.8 mln ERUs on Friday

Kiev-based commodity bourse the First Independent Exchange will on Friday auction 9.8 million intern…

Policy

22 Feb 2012 18:34

UPDATE 3: Foes of EU airline CO2 rules agree on tactics

Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world's airlines to pay for greenhouse gas emissions agre…

Markets

22 Feb 2012 18:19

ANALYSIS: Horse-trading jeopardises EU set-aside plan

MEPs could yet drop a plan to get regulators to cut supply of permits in the bloc's CO2 market in re…

Corporate

22 Feb 2012 13:39

Bunge agrees to buy Climate Change Capital

U.S. agricultural commodity trader Bunge has finalised a deal to buy UK-based environmental investor…

Markets

22 Feb 2012 18:38

IMO to discuss CO2 curbs for ships, industry frets

The International Maritime Organization will next week debate market-based measures to cut greenhous…

Markets

22 Feb 2012 17:06

Austria lines up two EUA auctions in April

Austria will sell 400,000 EU carbon permits in two spot auctions in April hosted on Dutch bourse Cli…

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22 Feb 2012 16:56

Greenstream ditches China fund plans amid weak prices

Carbon offset investor Greenstream has abandoned plans to launch a 200 million-euro, China-focused c…

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• 22 Feb 12 18:38 IMO to discuss CO2 curbs for ships, industry frets 
• 22 Feb 12 18:34 UPDATE 3: Foes of EU airline CO2 rules agree on tactics 
• 22 Feb 12 18:31 UPDATE 1: EUAs retreat from near two-month high 
• 22 Feb 12 18:19 ANALYSIS: Horse-trading jeopardises EU set-aside plan 
• 22 Feb 12 17:06 Austria lines up two EUA auctions in April 
• 22 Feb 12 16:56 Greenstream ditches China fund plans amid weak prices 
• 22 Feb 12 13:39 Bunge agrees to buy Climate Change Capital 
• 22 Feb 12 13:27 South Africa to introduce carbon tax 
• 22 Feb 12 12:25 Ukrainian exchange to auction 9.8 mln ERUs on Friday 
• 22 Feb 12 11:40 Value of global CO2 market to plummet 36 pct in 2012 
• 22 Feb 12 06:55 PG&E switches to gas, cites CO2 market as impetus 
• 21 Feb 12 23:19 Spot exchange for Alberta CO2 to launch in March 
• 21 Feb 12 22:08 Russia leads attack against EU airline CO2 law 
• 21 Feb 12 18:49 Denmark urged to do more to meet 2020 GHG cap 
• 21 Feb 12 18:08 Lat. Am. bank approves $100 mln loan for green projects 
• 21 Feb 12 17:58 UBS says permit set-aside to take years, sees Q2 price crash 
• 21 Feb 12 17:54 EUAs climb 4.1 pct despite mixed energy markets 
• 21 Feb 12 12:19 China ETS to use credits from unapproved CDM schemes 
• 21 Feb 12 11:59 Australia cuts carbon emissions 1 pct 
• 21 Feb 12 11:39 Vitol makes CO2 trading push in 2011 
• 21 Feb 12 09:49 Drax EUA demand falls 7.5 percent in 2011 
• 20 Feb 12 18:29 World Bank to ramp up daily CER sales 
• 20 Feb 12 17:57 Russia could block airlines from emission trading 
• 20 Feb 12 17:38 Lafarge's profit from CO2 sales rises 11 pct in 2011 
• 20 Feb 12 17:20 UPDATE 1: EU carbon heads below 9 euros on profit taking 

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British Columbia farmers welcome carbon tax review

Carbon tax review welcomed by B.C. farmers - British Columbia - CBC News

The B.C. government's promise to review the controversial carbon tax is being applauded by the agricultural organizations. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon confirmed during Tuesday’s provincial budget speech that the government will increase the carbon tax one more time as scheduled this year. But after that the tax will then be frozen while the government conducts a review to determine its impact on B.C.'s economy, he said.

Bunge Buys $1B Carbon Fund

Bunge Buys Climate Change Capital After Carbon Prices Plunge - Bloomberg

Bunge Ltd. (BG), the world’s second- largest oilseed processor, won approval to acquire Climate Change Capital, a London fund manager that manages the world’s largest private-sector carbon fund, after C02 prices slumped to a record. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks after being cleared by the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority, the White Plains, New York-based company said today in a statement. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

South Africa looking to introduce a carbon tax

Carbon taxes to reduce emissions | Fin24

Cape Town - The government is looking to introduce a carbon tax next year to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, although nearly two-thirds of emissions will be tax-exempt until 2020 to lessen the impact on industry, the Treasury said on Wednesday. In its 2012/13 budget, the Treasury proposed a 60% tax-free threshold on annual emissions for all sectors, including electricity, petroleum, iron, steel and aluminium.