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| Sourced From The Australian |

AUSTRALIA has joined the list of nations that view carbon capture and storage as the silver bullet for rising global emissions. Australia is lobbying hard to secure at least two of the 20 large-scale commercial carbon capture and storage demonstration projects the Group of Eight leading nations want operating globally by 2020.
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| Sourced From Enid News |

State and local representatives gathered Thursday afternoon and evening for a Legislative Bird Hunt hosted by area conservation organizations and Enid businessman John Groendyke to discuss carbon initiatives in the state.
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| Sourced From Jakarta Post |

Ten regencies in West Sumatra will receive a large portion of compensation fund from selling carbon trade that will be done in cooperation with Australian-based Carbon Strategic Global (CSG).
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| Sourced From Canada News |

EDMONTON - Planning to capture carbon and bury it underground is Alberta’s key weapon in the fight against its own international image as a greenhouse gas-emitting oilsands monster.
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| Sourced From Environmental Data Interactive |

Businesses have been urged to grab themselves a share of an industry set to be worth US$3 trillion a year by 2050. UK Energy Excellence, a programme launched by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to champion the country’s energy industry, said businesses should be exploring opportunities in the low carbon energy industry.
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| Sourced From Climate Change Corp |

One medium-sized business is appalled at the cost of licensing the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label. But the Carbon Trust claims it’s not ripping-off businesses.

Medium-sized business: “The carbon label is a rip-off. SMEs can’t afford the licence fees. Is the carbon labelling scheme just an elite club for greenwashing multi-nationals…?”
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| Sourced From TMC Net |

The American Society of Training and Development Greater Philadelphia Chapter (ASTD-GPC) recently held its first online conference with the help of iLinc to save on the travel costs that would have otherwise been incurred in the case of a physical conference. iLinc provides organizations with software for web conferencing as well as collaboration solutions that make online meetings, seminars and presentations cost friendly and secure.
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| Sourced From Morning Star |

Given that the 110th Congress produced six carbon cap-and-trade bills and that President-elect Barack Obama has so far stood by his campaign rhetoric backing quick action on carbon, utilities executives and Beltway insiders have acknowledged that carbon regulation is coming in one form or another. We think this could have significant consequences for investors in the utility, energy, and transportation sectors.
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| Sourced From H & V News |

Universities and colleges in Scotland should take the lead on cutting carbon emissions and in increasing energy efficiency according to one of the country’s leading educational institutions.
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[Sourced from EcoSystem Marketplace]

Speciesbanking.com will serve as a platform for conservation bank owners to publicize credit availability, credit buyers to find solutions to their mitigation needs, and prospective bank developers to research current market conditions. It will also allow agency staff to learn about activities outside their jurisdictions, and academics, investors, and others to monitor and analyze industry trends.
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| Sourced From Mainichi Japan |

Office supplies manufacturer Kokuyo Co. opened a “garden office” on the rooftop of its headquarters in Tokyo on Thursday in a bid to cut back on electricity consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, company officials said.
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| Sourced From EU Observer |

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Poland has given the cold shoulder to concessions offered by the French EU presidency on how the union’s power sector should reduce CO2 emissions.
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| Sourced From Mondo Visione |

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange’s Carbon Financial Instrument®- U.S. Allowance futures (CFI®-US) contract offers the first tool for directly hedging exposure to possible future U.S. carbon allowance prices, as well as whether and when a U.S. federal greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate is established.
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| Sourced From TransWorldNews |

CO2 offsetter, www.4Offsets.com announced across the board price reductions for the company’s Carbon Offset packages.  The price cuts of 30% to 50% on 4Offsets packages, reflect changes to market pricing that have occurred in response to volatility in oil prices and the ongoing, international credit crisis.  The company hopes that these price cuts will reignite much of the green fervor that was lost as oil approached $150 a barrel. [click to continue...]