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Cap-Op Energy opens the first Program of Activities (PoA) for oil and gas producers with pneumatic instrument conversions in British Columbia, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Cap-Op Energy’s next verification cycle to extract the carbon offset value from these projects begins in September 2013 and closes in January 2014. Calgary, Alberta (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Cap-Op Energy opens the first Program of Activities (PoA) for pneumatic instrument...
BOSTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Local company FireFlower Alternative Energy has partnered with First Highland Management & Development to develop the largest rooftop solar array in the City of Boston. The project is located in the Boston/Dedham Commerce Park at 65 Sprague Street. The solar array covers 120,000 square feet of rooftop and has a 974-kilowatt capacity. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130516/PH15187-a ) (Photo:...
CarbonClix has launched its Clix Store, which provides a unique way for members to help the environment whilst shopping online. As members shop, CarbonClix will offset the carbon footprint of the purchases and the deliveries for free. London, UK (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Shopping online has many advantages in terms of convenience and availability, not to mention price. However, it does have a greater impact on the environment in terms of packaging and individual distribution, thereby...
BOYERTOWN, Pa., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ClimeCo Corporation is pleased to announce the organizational restructuring of its leadership team, making way for a new energy management service platform of customizable environmental market solutions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130510/MM11874LOGO) Co-founder and former executive vice president - William E. Flederbach, Jr. has assumed the role of President and CEO, previously filled by Yuda Saydun. Flederbach purchased...
PITTSBURGH, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett, joined by company executives including CEO Jim Spencer, today toured Pittsburgh-based EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc. and discussed how Pennsylvania's diverse energy portfolio is attracting innovation across all sectors and continuing to add jobs to the state's growing economy. "EverPower's decision to relocate in the heart of America's new energy powerhouse is proof that Pennsylvania continues to expand markets...
Leading Edge Design Group (LEDG), a leading national provider of energy optimization services, announced today that it will offset its carbon emissions with the Carbonfund.org Foundation, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations. In addition to their existing effort to reduce emissions by advancing corporate recycling initiatives, improving office-wide sustainable products and systems procurement, and establishing team car-pooling mandates for customer visits to reduce...
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Investigation Agency, On April 19, 2013, the Japanese Cabinet approved the revision of its fluorocarbon regulations that will fundamentally change the way high global warming fluorocarbons are produced, used and disposed in Japan. It also will lead to a phase-down of the "super" greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the global climate than carbon dioxide....
Dr. Benny Peiser of the UK Global Warming Policy Foundation reports that EU energy prices have skyrocketed, families have been forced into energy poverty; meanwhile the EU carbon market has collapsed with no evidence of healthier environment or ‘abundant’ green jobs, so European manufacturing is fleeing to places with cheaper energy prices in order to remain competitive. Dr. Peiser will be the guest luncheon speaker May 14, 2013 at the Met Centre in downtown Calgary, Alberta at the...
BENICIA, Calif., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SUBA MFG INC has demonstrated its environmental leadership by working with Carbon Lighthouse to profitably eliminate the carbon footprint of its manufacturing space in Benicia, CA. After electing to take part in Benicia's Business Resource Incentive Program (BRIP), SUBA enlisted the help of Carbon Lighthouse to conduct a thorough energy and environmental analysis of their operations. Carbon Lighthouse then implemented a package of...
SINGAPORE, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sindicatum Sustainable Resources' Group CEO Assaad W. Razzouk participated in a Carbon Market Reform private event in Washington, D.C. on 29 April 2013, at which a report jointly authored by the Center for American Progress and by Climate Advisers was released. Read the report. The report targets the prevailing opinion that the carbon markets, most notably the Clean Development Mechanism (or CDM) created by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, have been...
