By: Ugur Akinci | 2010-04-04 | Environmental Some of the proposed solutions for global warming like capping-and-trading of carbon credits can actually be transferred to other sectors and applied to other pressing social problems. Take education in general, and illiteracy in particular, for example. read more
By: Ugur Akinci | 2010-04-04 | Environmental An increasing number of giant corporations in the U.S. are now endorsing the cap-and-trade system thinking they need to be at the table when the nature and amount of caps are decided. I think they are being very smart. You either have a role in determining the rules of the cap-and-trade game or you live by its ramifications. You are either sitting at the steering wheel of this cap-and-trade juggernaut or you are going to get hit by it. read more
By: John Dalt | 2010-03-31 | Politics The house is working on "cap and trade", ready to ram it through by the end of the week. The proponents have written a bill that does not have many teeth in it, until after the CBO cost scoring expires. CBO estimates a low cost in 2020, the costs escalate after that date! read more
By: Terry Mickelson | 2010-10-07 | Article Marketing One of the many issues that is currently vexing our representatives in Austin and Washington is climate change. While some people have different opinions as to the cause, the average global temperature is indeed rising. read more
By: John Savageau | 2010-03-27 | Environmental Nearly all people agree protecting the environment is critical to our continued prosperity and health. However there are arguments on how to best approach legislation that would either regulate or offer guidance on controlling pollutants and waste. read more
By: Scott A Chapman | 2010-03-31 | Environmental The government is currently attempting to pass a bill through Congress that sets a limit, or cap, on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted into the environment. Companies are issued emission permits and are required to hold an equivalent number of allowances which represent the right to emit a specific amount of carbon. The total amount of allowances cannot exceed the cap. read more
By: Cleve Tidwell | 2010-03-30 | Politics Cap and Trade nothing more than a political fraud. It's time to stand and fight for America. We do not need additional taxes on our society. read more
By: David Le Cornu | 2011-11-14 | Current Events Go Green! The Australians are not just chanting these words; they have made it the law. The carbon tax aims to cut emissions by 5 percent from the high levels of the year 2000 to the year 2020 and bring down overall emissions 80 percent by 2050. read more
By: Justin Dargin | 2011-05-13 | Business A carbon tax would be especially difficult to implement in the Gulf, since most countries embrace a national policy of minimal or “zero” taxation. read more
By: hassan ali | 2011-11-06 | Intranet Under the Kyoto Protocol, most of the world's countries have limits placed on the levels of carbon they are allowed to put into the atmosphere. Carbon trading is the process by which countries trade these carbon emission permits. Carbon trading jobs allow you to make a real difference to the well being of the environment and help developing economies, while also earning a decent wage. read more
By: Jacqui Brauman | 2010-04-02 | Environmental To avert the worst effects of global warming we must make changes to our habits and lifestyle. Little things when done by millions of people can make a big difference. While some carbon emissions are unavoidable, many can be significantly reduced with a minimum of effort and cost. Carbon trading empowers anyone to take ownership of their personal greenhouse emissions. read more
By: gaga | 2010-11-04 | Business HC plastic mesh information: Since ancient times, the maintenance of human life through breathing, through the burning for energy, which is seen as right and proper thing. But now, because too much carbon dioxide emissions, mankind begin to limit the natural thing. Limit of course can not help but gasp, can only start from the burning restrictions. Thus, restrictions on industrial carbon dioxide emissions carbon tax came into being read more
By: Stan Gassman | 2010-04-04 | Environmental The goal of an emissions trading plan is to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Companies will choose the least-cost means of compliance with emissions caps, buying and selling credits i (trade) when necessary. read more
By: Brigette | 2010-12-10 | Technology Emissions trading is a form of permit trading (most commonly in the form of carbon emissions trading) between companies and countries in order to meet emissions obligations such as those laid out within the Kyoto Protocol. read more
By: Alenbsmith | 2012-03-29 | Investments Emerging carbon markets across the globe and the growing interest of investors in carbon trading shows the carbon credit market is a booming industry offering a rage of opportunities to investors. An agreement was signed at Durban in December 2011 to continue Kyoto Protocol and beyond 2012. The carbon market revenue increased by 4% in 2010 across the globe and European Union, Russia, New Zealand a read more