Carbon emissions up after five year decline After a five-year decline, CO2 emissions in the US are on the rise, according to the latest data from the US Energy Information Administration. CO2 emissions from fossil fuel consumption had been...
Read moreReuters: EPA carbon curbs to reach beyond power plant ‘fence,’ aiding cap-and-trade (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s landmark rules to cut power plant emissions will likely give a fresh push to regional U.S. carbon...
Read moreCalifornia air board urges big hike in greenhouse-gas cuts California must double its pace of cutting greenhouse gases after 2020 – slashing emissions from factories and power plants, freight trains and farms – in order to meet its...
Read moreReuters: California emissions inch up 2 percent California’s greenhouse gas emissions rose about 2 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year as more natural gas was burned to compensate for the closure of a nuclear plant and a drop in...
Read moreWhat Oregon can learn from states with carbon pricing 0.7 degrees Celsius. That’s how much the temperature of Earth has risen since before the industrial revolution. It’s been enough to get us talking: Did climate change cause Hurricane...
Read moreUSA Today: Obama touts energy plans President Obama promoted new plans Friday designed to boost solar power and promote energy efficiency, saying both will reduce the environmental threats from climate change. “There are...
Read moreCNN: White House sets out looming climate risks for U.S. Washington (CNN) — Flooded rail lines. Bigger, more frequent droughts. A rash of wildfires. Those are some of the alarming predictions in a White House climate change report...
Read moreWashington Governor Issues Order for Carbon Market Gov. Jay Inslee signed a major executive order Tuesday morning that sets up a task force to design a carbon-trading market and kicks off other efforts to reduce carbon pollution, which he paints...
Read moreForest Project issued 836,619 carbon credits In April, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) issued the first carbon credits to a project developed under the Compliance Offset Protocol for US Forests. The Improved Forest...
Read moreGreen Assets attends Navigating the American Carbon World Conference The Green Assets team was well represented at this year’s Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) Conference as President Hunter Parks, CEO Chris Newton, General Counsel...
Read moreBrazil Proposes Carbon Credits Swap Brazil is trying to offset carbon emissions caused by the 2014 Soccer World Cup it is hosting in June by offering owners of United Nations-backed carbon credits to swap them for publicity during the games...
Read moreCan Oregon and Washington Price Carbon Pollution? Sick and tired of waiting for the US and Canadian federal governments to lead on climate issues, the US states of California, Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia...
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