Latest Carbon offset Stories
LONDON, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Tucan Travel is thrilled to announce that in the two years since it introduced its carbon offset scheme, it has raised 34,000 GBP through clients and its own donations for the World Land Trust and its work restoring and protecting rainforests. Tucan Travel also saw the percentage of clients contributing to the carbon offset scheme nearly double from 14% in the first year to 27% this year. As a result, total contributions rose 28% to a total of over...
SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SaviCorp (Pink Sheets: SVMI) -- Though the United States has not signed global Cap and Trade agreements through the Kyoto Accord, nor passed legislation here at home, national business and corporate fleet leaders have been addressing the EPA's warnings and scheduled reduction targets for green house gas emissions (GHG). On a voluntary basis, business, corporate and municipal fleets nation-wide are addressing and positively impacting emissions...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CityRyde, the leading bike-sharing innovator in the United States, announced today that it has submitted the methodology behind its revolutionary new Inspire software to the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Program for approval. Inspire is designed to offer additional revenue streams to bicycle-sharing programs through the use of carbon offset credits and holds the distinction of being the first methodology explicitly designed for sustainable...
Review of 10 years of research suggests lessons for COP16 negotiators in Cancun: Community forest owners can reduce illegal logging, forest fires, CO2 emissions, povertyA study released today amid debate over how to reduce the loss and degradation of the world's most vulnerable forests suggests that negotiators at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Cancun should look to Mexico's forest communities for a solution.When allowed to benefit economically from their forests, forest...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, recently announced the purchase of offsets from the new Laurelbrook Farm Compost Project, a project which is estimated to prevent more than 15,000 tons of greenhouse gas pollution over the next ten years - an amount equivalent to the CO2 emissions from 31,646 barrels of oil consumed.(1) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090826/ESURANCELOGO) (Logo:...
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Smith's College and Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader in delivering products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, today announced the launch of an energy conservation program across the campus. The program is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings on campus by 22 percent, or more than 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide, while advancing the college's commitment toward achieving carbon...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Force10 Networks, Inc., a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business, today introduced the Force10 Carbon-Balanced Switch/Router Initiative designed to provide customers with carbon credits to offset energy consumption when using ExaScale(TM) E-Series® chassis-based core switch/routers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100831/SF55967LOGO) (Logo:...
MONTREAL, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:CNI) said today it has been recognized for excellence in climate-change reporting among Canadian and global corporations surveyed by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). CN was named to the CDP's 2010 Canada 200 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for the second straight year - only 16 Canadian companies are so recognized - and saw its score on the CDP's Global 500 report rise to 82 per cent in 2010 from 77 per cent in 2009. In 2010, the...
Purchase of Carbon Offset Pioneer, MGM, Boosts Global Energy Trading Firm's Presence in Carbon Trading Markets Highlights - Major strategic step for Mercuria in the global carbon markets. - Mercuria purchases all equity of MGM. - Valuable growth platform for Mercuria in project origination and marketing. - Mercuria grows and diversifies its global energy business. Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. announces today the acquisition of carbon offset project...
SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- SaviCorp (Pink Sheets: SVMI) announces its recent attendance at the 3rd annual Green Fleet Conference held at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego on October 18th and 19th. Representing SaviCorp were Chuck Nelson, Executive Vice President of Product Sales; Jeff Malone, Vice President of Fleet Sales; and Richard Messerschmidt, Director of Special Projects. The Green Fleet Conference attracted over 50 exhibitors and nearly 600 "Green...
