Carbon Credit News

Initiative Equivalent to Taking 2,300 Cars Off the Road

3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today its 2008 Carbon Neutral Storage Initiative and published results from its 2007 program, which 3PAR estimates to have reduced carbon emissions equivalent to removing 2,300 cars from the road for the entire year.

Morgan Stanley's Commitment to Pursuing Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Challenges

Morgan Stanley announced today that it has agreed to acquire a minority equity stake in NGEN Partners, LLC, a leading venture capital firm which invests in companies that focus on clean technologies.

EcoSecurities and ITR Announces Transfer of Carbon Credits from Methane Gas Production

EcoSecurities, and Intrepid Technology and Resources (ITR), announce the completion of an agreement for the transfer of carbon credits from methane gas production.

Scientists Issues Warning that it's too Early to Sell Carbon Offsets

Leading marine scientists from across the world have issued a warning that it is too early to sell carbon offsets from ocean iron fertilisation.

UN Highlights Role of Earth Observation Satellites in Combating Climate Change

The role of Earth Observation satellites in combating climate change is being highlighted at the United Nations climate change conference where thousands of delegates from more than 180 countries are gathered to begin negotiations of an international emissions-cutting agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012.

Biodiversity Survey Shows Primary Rainforest to be Irreplaceable

As world leaders prepare to discuss conservation-friendly carbon credits in Bali and a regional initiative threatens a new wave of deforestation in the South American tropics, new research from the University of East Anglia and Brazil’s Goeldi Museum highlights once again the irreplaceable importance of primary rain forest.