by Lynn Floyd | Jul 22, 2014 | Market News
Forests: Cost-Effective Way to Mitigate Climate Change The natural photosynthetic process that drives the growth of trees results in the storage of carbon largely in the form of cellulose and hemicellulose. As a result, forests have an important function in helping...
by Lynn Floyd | Jul 22, 2014 | Market News
WSJ: Chevrolet Buys $600,000 in Carbon Credits CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF), a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing, has completed the sale of a large block of carbon reduction credits to Chevrolet. CF Industries will donate the net proceeds of...
by Lynn Floyd | Jul 22, 2014 | Market News
Apple Shrinks Carbon Footprint Apple says its carbon footprint shrank by 3 percent from 2012 to 2013, the first time it’s seen a year-over-year decline since it began tracking the numbers in 2009. The company, in its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report,...
by Lynn Floyd | Jun 27, 2014 | Market News
NYT: Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry WASHINGTON — In a big win for environmentalists, the Supreme Court on Monday effectively endorsed the Obama administration’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from sources like power plants, even as it...
by Lynn Floyd | Jun 27, 2014 | Market News
NYT: The Coming Climate Crash THERE is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout my work in finance, government and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage. For too many...
by Lynn Floyd | Jun 19, 2014 | Market News
WSJ: Obama Carbon Rule Backed by Most Americans – Poll More than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama’s new climate rule and more than half say the U.S. should address global warming even if it means higher electricity bills, according to a new Wall...
