Is the Canadian Federal Government doing enough to create taxation incentives for SMBs to help them take advantage of green innovation?
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By Risa Maeda
TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Japan will announce within weeks a deal to buy 1.5 million tonnes of emission rights from Latvia, a government source familiar with the matter said, helping the world’s No.5 emitter near a target…
Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:50 AM PDT
The David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute have released of a new joint publication for Canadians who are interested in using carbon offsets to reduce their climate impact.
Purchasing Carbon Offsets: A Guide for Canadian…
By Leanne Tobias
A heads up for real estate professionals: H.R. 2454, the cap and trade legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, if passed into law, would have a profound effect on the real estate sector.
To…
Effective swapping of carbon credits can lead to stronger economy, says alliance of labour, greens
Jul 30, 2009 04:30 AM
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Canada’s response to global warming needs to balance environmental goals with creating green jobs, according to a…
The volume of carbon emissions traded worldwide grew 6 per cent in the second quarter of 2009. The growth came on the back of a surge in speculative trading in US regional carbon allowances.
New Carbon Finance (NCF) market analysis shows…
The low-carbon revolution is not going to happen by itself, says Andrew Pendleton. In this week’s Green Room, he calls on governments put the necessary frameworks in place that will allow the private sector to roll out the technologies needed…
A global carbon trading network will be vital to preventing dangerous climate change, a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown concluded yesterday.
The report makes clear that without a global system for carbon trading, the ability of countries…
By Elanor Ravelle, in the Evanston Roundtable, On July 28th 2009
RoundTable readers are probably most familiar with carbon footprint calculators that estimate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by a person’s daily activities. (Some calculators include other greenhouse gases…
With the United States being the last major nation to accept global warming as a genuine threat to our species, it is hardly surprising that its proposed “green” protectionism is drawing the ire of nations all over the world.
While doing…
By Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham – Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham
Today, the Waxman-Markey bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is set to be voted on in the House of Representatives. The very…
