Carbon Offsets
Tags: CARBON offsetting; CARBON dioxide mitigation; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; CARBON credits; RENEWABLE energy sources; UNITED States. Federal Trade Commission
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- FTC Reviews Environmental Marketing Guides. Bergeson, Lynn L. // Pollution Engineering;Apr2008, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p23
The article reports on the initiative of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review its "Guidelines for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims" or the Green Guides. The Green Guides focuses on claims regarding carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates. The FTC says that carbon...
- Federal Trade Commission Reviews Guidelines for Environmental Marketing Claims. // Venulex Legal Summaries;2008 Q2, Special section p1
This article discusses the move of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review its guidelines regarding environmental marketing claims in 2008. It discusses the commission's approach to claims relating to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). It...
- turning carbon into gold. Harkinson, Josh // Mother Jones;Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p13
The article discusses a renewable energy project funded by the producers of the film "An Inconvenient Truth" which gave money to NativeEnergy, a carbon offset company, to buy methane gas emitted from cow manure from a Pennsylvania dairy farm. The article questions whether NativeEnergy created a...
- BIG REDD. Butler, Rhett // Washington Monthly;Jul/Aug2009, Vol. 41 Issue 7/8, pA6
The article reports on the experiment called Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation which is being piloted in countries worldwide. The idea behind the experiment is that businesses or governments in wealthy countries compensate those in the developing world for preserving...
- Clear as Mud: Why agriculture and soils should not be included in carbon offset schemes. // Catholic New Times;7/4/2011, p12
The article argues that agriculture and soils should be excluded from the carbon offsetting initiative. It looks at the potential growth of the carbon offsetting business as well as the inclusion of agriculture in carbon offset schemes. The article argues that including agriculture in carbon...
- COP15 must remember implications for network infrastructure. // MarketWatch: Energy;Jan2010, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p13
The article reports that delegates should remember the implications of the commitments made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, COP15 for their country's utility network infrastructure. It states that carbon reduction will have a hidden impact on the...
- Finding common ground in the debate between carbon tax and cap-and-trade policies. Cleetus, Rachel // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jan2011, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p19
Swift and deep reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, chiefly carbon dioxide, are necessary to help avoid some of the most devastating effects of climate change. One aspect of US climate policy that is particularly contentious is the issue of the best economic tool to employ to reduce...
- Capping CARBON. Page, Paul // Journal of Commerce (15307557);3/8/2010, Vol. 11 Issue 10, p4
The author offers his views on the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in the U. S. Congress. The author argues that the proposed legislation will most likely not become a law. He also opines that a carbon levy would raise cost of fuel-driven operations, as proposed by the Graham-Lieberman-Kerry...
- HOW A PRICE ON CARBON AFFECTS EVERY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. Rouwette, Rob; Sue Tan // Government News;Dec2011/Jan2012, Vol. 31 Issue 6, p41
The article focuses on the effects of carbon footprint price to several government departments in Australia. It highlights several public departments that may be affected by the carbon price including sustainability, marketing, policy making, and even legal services. There are 500 companies in...
