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Commitment to Cutting Carbon Doubled by Public Sector

Public sector bodies are setting increasingly ambitious targets for carbon reduction, doubling their commitments over the last four years, the Carbon Trust reported today

9 Sep 2009

Report Released into Safe Subsurface Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Oil exploration and production technology holds the key to secure
CO2 storage as part of large scale deployment of CO2 Capture Storage (CCS), according to a new report

26 Aug 2009

Advantages and Risks of Carbon Trading Schemes

The advantages and potential risks of introducing an emissions trading scheme within Australia will be discussed at the public seminar Emissions Trading for Dummies, hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions tomorrow morning

20 Aug 2009

HSBC Becomes Carbon Trust's 100th Achiever in Cutting Carbon Emissions

One year from its launch, the Carbon Trust Standard Company has certified financial services group HSBC as its 100th achiever. Over the last 12 months, the 100 Carbon Trust Standard recipients have cut their emissions by over 600,000 tonnes of carbon and saved over £50 million

19 Aug 2009

Interest Free Loans For UK Businesses to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

The Carbon Trust is to improve access for small and medium businesses to over £100m in interest-free and unsecured loans, it was announced today. The move is intended to help more businesses survive the recession by cutting both their energy costs and their carbon footprints

30 Jun 2009

SolarBotanic Signs Deal On Energy Harvesting Artificial Trees

SolarBotanic has signed a a major joint-venture deal with the renewable energy company GREENgENERGY, Inc. to fund the R + D phase for the company's patented energy harvesting artificial trees. The potential market for SolarBotanic's trees is virtually unlimited and it involves integrating a vast array of brilliant and cutting-edge technologies

9 Jun 2009

Dynamic Applications Enters the Carbon Credit Market

Dynamic Applications Corp. announced today that it has decided to enter the carbon credit market

19 May 2009

Sacramento's Largest Privately Owned Solar Energy Array Installed and Activated by Perpetual Energy Systems and Siemens Transportation Systems

Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), comprehensive financier of solar-powered renewable energy systems, and Siemens Transportation Systems (STS), part of the Siemens Mobility Division, announces the activation of a 1.0 megawatt (MW) solar energy installation, the largest privately owned system of its size in the city of Sacramento

12 May 2009

Coping With Climate Change Discussed By Indigenous Peoples at World Summit

With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference April 20-24 to discuss ways in which traditional knowledge can be used to both mitigate and adapt to climate change

20 Apr 2009

Hungary Loses Green Credibility By Propping Up Budget Rather Than Spending Carbon Credit Money on Renewable Energy

Hungary - a major seller of carbon credits– will weaken its credibility in the growing international carbon markets by using revenues to prop up its budget rather than green its energy production, WWF-Hungary has warned

1 Mar 2009