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• New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 138
  A new report states that boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests per hectare: a fact which researchers say should make the conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations. The report from the Canadian Boreal Initiative and the Boreal Songbird ...
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• Chinese Climate Jujitsu: China Plans Carbon Tax Ahead of Copenhagen

  
  Carbon Tax Center — Authority: 139
  Chinese Climate Jujitsu: China Plans Carbon Tax Ahead of Copenhagen ( Energy Tribune )
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• “Subprime Carbon”: Risk or Hype?

  
  Carbon Tax Center — Authority: 139
  “Subprime Carbon”: Risk or Hype? ( Sightline Daily )
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• True Environmentalists Say No to Carbon Offsets | Socyberty

  
  Dawns Divine Designs and Writings, "A Business and Spiritual Site" — Authority: 129
  Description Do you honestly believe giving money to an organization to build trees lessons the footprint you create yourself? Please click on the link below for an opinion piece from me. True Environmentalists Say No to Carbon Offsets | Socyberty .
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• Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 1

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  With the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo now underway in Phoenix, Ariz., here are some of the initial announcements.YKK AP America has launched (PDF) two new products aimed at improving the energy-efficiency of commercial buildings. The company has expanded its enerGfacade product line with the addition ...
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• FACTBOX-Carbon offsets, wood chips fuel forests interest

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  Oct 28 (Reuters) – Forests are a growing investment prospect as climate incentives place new value on wood chips and standing trees, say fund managers. An economic recovery will also drive demand for more traditional products such as pulp and lumber, investors say. Continue Reading on Reuters
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• Demand for carbon credits to outstrip supply in Canada, conference told

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  | Sourced From Pddnet.com | VANCOUVER – Canadian demand for carbon credits will continue to outstrip supply, making links to an international trading system key, a clean power conference was told Monday. Robert Page, chairman of the national roundtable on environment and economy, said Canada needs to be open to ...
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• Harvesting Carbon Credits – the Prairies Next Big Crop?

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  | Sourced From Usetdas.com | Calgary, Alberta CANADA, November 09, 2009 /FSC/ – Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership (AFIP – 0), The global carbon market is a large collection of sometimes disparate rules and systems – some regulatory, some voluntary.  In simple terms, a carbon offset is a financial ...
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• Nations Argue Over CO2 Emissions Cuts, Audits

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  The measurement, reporting and auditing of greenhouse gas emissions by each country is a key focus of U.N. climate negotiations leading up to climate talks in Copenhagen in December, reports Reuters.Rich nations are under pressure to cut their emissions 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and spend billions in aid ...
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• 2012 Movie Set Goes Green

  
  Green Grown and Sexy — Authority: 124
  For a big budget, Hollywood-style disaster film, 2012 probably wouldn’t come to mind as an “eco film” to most people. But not only does the movie serve as a message (or warning) of the effects of impending climate change, the director, Roland Emmerich, and producers took great strides to be as green as possible ...
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• Study Finds More Value in Peat CO2 Credits

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  Carbon-rich peatlands may trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market, according to a new study, reports Reuters.Huge amounts of greenhouse gases are released when peatlands are logged or drained for agriculture, and even more when the dried bogs catch fire and ...
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• Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 625
  Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — will drive energy efficiency and innovation, reports the New York Times’ Green ...
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• Zolder Multi-Spoke Wheels Revealed

  
  CarBuyersNoteBook — Authority: 491
  TSW Alloy Wheels unveil a new set of wheels which were seen at the SEMA 2009, led by this Belgian multi-spoke creation Zolder. The Zolder Wheel offers a clean and bold-looking multi-spoke aluminum mags which are available in various sizes (17×7, 17×8, 18×8, 18×9.5, 19×8, 19×9.5, 20×8.5, and 20×10). They are ...
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• Green-e Climate Certifies The CarbonNeutral Company’s Renewable Energy-Based Carbon Offsets

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  | Sourced From Csrwire.com | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 02 /CSRwire/ – Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) today announced that Green-e® Climate, the nation’s leading certification and verification program for retail greenhouse gas emission reduction (carbon offset) products, has certified “The CarbonNeutral ...
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• Ecosocialist Round-Up, 2

  
  Climate and Capitalism — Authority: 122
  More essential reading: A hard-hitting comic book about carbon trading, a new look at William Morris, and a permaculture expert on what we can learn from Cuba’s ecological footprint. Carbon Trading Comics . (PDF 3.7 MB) Kate Evans (aka CartoonKate ) presents The Carbon Supermarket: Your Future For Sale. ...
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• Simplot and Blue Source Forge Alliance to Serve the Carbon Market Needs of American Farmers

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  BOISE, Idaho–(Business Wire)– International food and agribusiness leader J. R. Simplot Company and leading emissions reduction project developer and offset marketer, Blue Source LLC, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance to assist American farmers interested in engaging in the carbon economy. ...
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• Whoa!, they would get my vote now

  
  Marginal Damage — Authority: 133
  Cameron throws weight behind “bio-banking” scheme – 20 Apr 2009 – BusinessGreen.com . Really? I’m beginning to respect Dave the Chameleon : Conservative Leader David Cameron has thrown his weight behind proposals for a new “bio-banking” scheme that could see firms make financial contributions ...
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• Al Gore Admits CO2 Does Not Cause Majority Of Global Warming

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  | Sourced From Prisonplanet.com | In a new development that is potentially devastating to the agenda to introduce a global carbon tax and a cap and trade system, Al Gore admits that the majority of global warming that occurred until 2001 was not primarily caused by CO2. Before we get too excited, Gore is not ...
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• FN/NaPodPoMo7 / The Brutal Truth

  
  Futurism Now Radio — Authority: 118
  The Brutal Truth about climate change is this:  it’s much worse, and much more threatening to our future, than the public thinks it is.  In fact, it has scientists scared.  Yet the political response is to “work with business” and “work with Republicans” and conservative Democrats like Joe Lieberman to ...
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• Lighten your carbon footprint when shipping a package

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 542
  | Sourced From MNN.com | As president of HitchSource.com, a company that ships heavy stuff like trailer hitches, bike racks and RV accessories, Ken Whiteman was concerned about the carbon footprint of those shipments. “I wanted to look for a way to check the impact of what we were doing, and there was no easy ...
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