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EPA examines Climate Security Act
2008-03-17 20:46:00 The Climate Security Act is going to bring a federal system of carbon offsets to the US. The EPA has recently examined the bill and weighed in on it. Here is the press release from Joe Lieberman: WASHINGTON - Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) today thanked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for completing the ...
eRedux.com
2008-03-17 20:09:00 I just found this great website, eRedux.com, that discusses states and cities carbon footprints. It’s actually very interesting to see how your state and city compare to other cities carbon footprint. The each state is assigned a color to denote how climate friendly it is, I live in a brown state. Funny, I always thought ...
Climate Trust Looking for Offset Projects
2008-03-14 16:12:00 Climate Trust every year looks for carbon offset projects to fund. They just announced that they just opened up their 2008 project application. Climate Trust has the following requirements for its projects: reduce or avoid at least 50,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions over the contract term. sell their emission reductions for up to 15 years. Shorter ... More About: Projects , Climate , Offset
National Carbon Offset Coalition Helping farmers
2008-03-13 11:00:00 National Carbon Offset Coalition (NCOC) is a non-profit based in Montana that helps farmers with carbon offset projects. The NCOC goes all over the state and holds classes for farmers on how to generate carbon offsets from conservation tillage, rangeland, agricultural methane, forestry and grassland plantings. NCOC offers farmers an interesting basket of services, besides classes, ... More About: National , Carbon offset
EcoUnit.com - Fill Out Surveys and Get Carbon Offsets
2008-03-13 10:40:00 This is one of the newest ideas of I have seen. Ecounit.com sends you online surveys and when they are completed you receive carbon offsets. The site actually gives you Ecounits, 1 Ecounit is 440 pounds of carbon, and approximately 5 Ecounits offsets 1 ton of carbon. When you register you can regulate how many e-mails ... More About: Carbon , Surveys , Fill , Unit
Interview of Adrian Lema of CDM Bazaar
2008-03-10 19:17:00 This is my second interview with Adrian Lema. I interviewed him a few weeks after CDM Bazaar was launched. The previous interview is one of my most popular postings, you can read that here. Adrian Lema has a very impressive resume. He is a Consultant at UNEP Riso Centre Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development and the CDM Bazaar ... More About: Interview
Win Carbon Offsets and Other Great Stuff
2008-03-10 14:35:00 I am launching my first contest and I am very excited. The contest is simple, subscribe to my feed via E-MAIL and you will be entered into the drawing. On March 24, 2008 at 9:oo pm EST the contest will be closed. All the winners will be notified via e-mail on March 25, 2008 and ... More About: Great , Carbon , Stuff
Eco-Libris Highlights Planting Partner
2008-03-09 18:20:00 I always think it is important for carbon offset providers to focus in on the organizations that are actually doing the carbon offset project. Eco-Libiris “balances out” the production of books by planting 5 trees for every book. Eco-libris’ recent blog posting has just featured one of their planting partners RIPPLE Africa. RIPPLE Africa is based ... More About: Partner , Highlights , Planting
E-mail Subscriber Issues
2008-03-08 21:10:00 I was just checking my subscribers at feedburner and saw that there are less then half as many subscribers. For some reason feedburner has dropped my e-mail subscribers. I am hoping this is a feedburner issue and not that all my e-mail subscribers are lost becuase I had a lot as of two days ago. If you ... More About: Mail , Issues , E-Mail , Subscriber
GOP Convention Carbon Neutral
2008-03-06 14:38:00 The GOP convention is quickly approaching and this year it will be greener then ever before. Greenmark has been tapped to help in the process. They are going to use plates that biodegrade in 60 days, less paper, and more efficient lighting. Greenmark is going to also make the event carbon neutral. Greenmark plans on measuring ... More About: Politics , Carbon , Convention
Climos Announces Investors
2008-03-05 22:48:00 Climos announced yesterday that they raised $3.5M in financing from their first round of funding. There are two major investors in this round of funding, Braemer Energy Ventures and Elon Musk. I first wrote about Climos here, basically they want to put iron dust in the ocean and make the plankton grow. The plankton will store ... More About: Investors
FTC to Examine Green Packaging Claims
2008-03-04 21:00:00 The FTC has just announced that they will be holding a conference examine green packaging claims. The conference will be help April 30th in Washington, D.C. and also webcasted. Several terms are currently not regulated by the FTC when it comes to packaging. “Sellers and marketers also are now using green claims that are not currently addressed ... More About: Green , Packaging , Claims
Interview With CEO of 4offsets.com
2008-03-02 19:59:00 I always try and keep the Carbon Offset Provider Ratings up to date when I came across a new company 4offsets.com. I dropped the CEO Fred Wiess and e-mail and I had the chance for an interview. Mr. Weiss has been involved in computers, software and the Internet for over 20 years as a salesman, help ... More About: Interview
Survey For Carbon Offset Providers
2008-02-27 20:02:00 This came to my inbox today from the Green House Gas Network and I thought this would be appropriate because I know that I have many readers that are green house gas professionals. Please don’t forget to subscribe to my feed here **** Ecosystem Marketplace is conducting a survey (along w/ New Carbon Finance) for carbon offset providers in ... More About: Survey , Carbon offset , Offset
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Project Manager
2008-02-26 20:08:00 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Project Manager (San Francisco, CA) » To apply, send a résumé to carbonjobs@terrapass.com As Terra Pass continues to grow, we seek to expand our capacity to source verified carbon offset projects in North America. As a result, we?re looking for a highly motivated individual to join our small, high-power carbon team. ... More About: Jobs , Greenhouse
Climos Reborn in Planktos Ashes
2008-02-26 16:23:00 So you thought the idea of growing plankton as a carbon offset was dead with Planktos. Well there is a new player in town, Climos. Climos basically says all the same things that Planktos said about how great the technology is. “This isn’t a new idea it has been around for atleast 20 years. The ... More About: Ashes , Reborn
Ralph Nader the New Green President
2008-02-26 16:14:00 Ralph Nader announced that he will be running for president in 2008. As a person who never follows Ralph Nader it seems that he has been born again green. There are no specifics on how Nader plans to go carbon neutral, but he has assured us all that he will be. Currently Hillary Clinton is the ... More About: President , Green , Ralph Nader
Colorado Needs Your Help
2008-02-22 23:32:00 Colorado Department of Energy is currently looking for some help. They are soliciting bids from third parties to run their carbon offset program. All bids are due by March 17th. Here is a link to Colorado’s BID system Here is a link to the Colorado Energy Department’s partnership request, it is about half way down. ... More About: Politics , Colorado
Climate Trust Added
2008-02-21 21:24:00 Climate Trust and their sister site Carbon Counter.org, have just added been added to the Carbon Neutral Provider Ratings. They have some very interesting projects, things that are cutting edge but lack many of the normal 3rd party verification techniques. Climate Trust Carboncounter.org 65 SW Yamhill Street, Ste. 400 Portland, Oregon 97204 Phone: 503-238-1915 About: The sole mission of The Climate Trust ... More About: Climate
Climate Trust Offsetting Computers
2008-02-21 19:59:00 The Zonbu computer maybe one of the most environmentally friendly computers there is. The computer is Energy Star, EPEAT Gold Certified, meets RoHS standards (less hazardous substances) and the company will take it back when your done with it. If all that isn’t enough Climate Trust also offsets the carbon used in the production of ... More About: Computers
Eco-Libris at a Book Store Near You
2008-02-20 21:35:00 I have said it before and I will say it again, Raz at Eco-Libris is a genius. Eco-Libris has this program that at book stores, at the book store you can balance out your book reading. They just announced that this program is going to be at the Strand in New York. If anyone has ... More About: Book , Store
Another Technique For Storing Carbon
2008-02-20 21:11:00 Planting trees to sequester carbon is controversial, well there is a new idea in town. What if you took a big giant bag about that is 100 meters big and filled it with carbon. That GIANT bag could hold the 2.2 days worth of global carbon emissions. Now take that GIANT bag and sink it ... More About: Technique , Carbon
Carbon Offset Provider Blogs
2008-02-18 21:28:00 There are many benefits to corporate blogging; it can drive traffic to your site, spur people to return to your site, and keep in touch with customers and potential customers. A blog is also VERY cheap to set up and very cheap to maintain. Carbon offset providers are aware very aware of the benefits of ... More About: Blogs , Offset , Provider
Ad Trade Groups ask FTC to take it slow
2008-02-16 16:13:00 I am sure you are aware by now that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into carbon offset claims and will probably issue some new regulations. During the comment period several organizations sent their comments; everyone from TerraPass to State Attorney Generals. Three major Ad trade groups issued comments too. American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), ... More About: Slow , Groups
NativeEnergy Hosting Panel at Travel Conference
2008-02-15 20:44:00 NativeEnergy will be hosting panel at the New York Times Travel Conference . The conference is in New York City from Feb 28 - Mar 2 at the Jacob Javits Center. A panel of experts will speak on how the industry can address the carbon crisis during a special trade and media program on Friday, Feb. ... More About: Hosting , Panel
Earth Lab
2008-02-15 19:47:00 Earth Lab is this very interesting website that deals with climate change. They even have a great calculator to figure out your carbon footprint, the calculator can even be embedded into a website. I first found out about this site after they left several spammy comments on this blog. I love guerrilla marketing and love ... More About: Earth
Update on Voting for TerraPass Projects
2008-02-15 15:36:00 TerraPass was allowing people to comment on what projects they would add to their carbon offset portfolio, read more here. They announced that they have been inundated with comments but most of them are from their supporters. There are still three more weeks left to comment so you better get them in soon. You can ... More About: Projects , Update , Terra , Voting
Eco-Libris Partners with Sustainablog
2008-02-13 02:24:00 Sustainablog is one of those monster websites that most green nerds read, including me, and is part of the Green Options Media. Green Options Media is brings us other green blogs like Ecopreneurist, Planet Save, and a whole lot more. Eco-Libris plants trees to balance out a book that your read(don’t let them catch your saying ... More About: Partners
Draft of Guidelines for Local Government Sustainability
2008-02-12 04:04:00 ICLEI Local Government s for Sustainability has released a DRAFT version of the International Local Government Greenhouse Gas Protocol for public review and comment. The protocol consists of two component documents: the Emissions Analysis Protocol provides guidance on inventorying and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and the Measures Analysis Protocol provides guidance on quantifying the emission reduction benefits of ... More About: Politics , Draft
Interview with Brighter Planet
More articles from this author:2008-02-08 15:07:00 This is not my interview but still a good one. Meredith Melnick at aboutmyplanet.com was at a Brighter Planet press conference. For those of you who are not aware Brighter Planet offers a credit card that gives you carbon offsets as a reward. There were some rather scathing questions at the interview and it is ... More About: Interview , Credit Card 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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