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India to protest EU carbon tax on airlines – Business Standard

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India to protest EU carbon tax on airlines
Business Standard
Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines, which fly to Europe, will get hit by the scheme, which caps aviation emissions and require airlines to purchase carbon credits to cover excess emissions. According to an industry source, the scheme may ...
AIRLINE TAXES ARE BAD FOR PASSENGERS AND THE ECONOMYExpress.co.uk

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Tassie first for ‘green’ bottles – Tasmania Mercury

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Tassie first for 'green' bottles
Tasmania Mercury
The Taste Festival is also continually committed to reducing its carbon footprint by offsetting a part of the event's emissions through renewable carbon credits." In 2010, the festival managed to offset about 65 tonnes of carbon dioxide with its policy ...

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Record surge in CO2 credits may hamper rebound – FuelFix (blog)

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Record surge in CO2 credits may hamper rebound
FuelFix (blog)
More than twice as many new carbon credits were supplied to the world's second-biggest emissions market this year, damping prospects for a recovery from record- low prices in 2012. The UN Clean Development Mechanism will generate a record of about 320 ...


UN Kyoto Set-Aside May Crimp Supply After 2012, CEPS’ Marcu Say – Bloomberg

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UN Kyoto Set-Aside May Crimp Supply After 2012, CEPS' Marcu Say
Bloomberg
An oversupply of AAUs hurts carbon prices because a nation buying the units may then not demand United Nations offset credits, which can add to a surplus in the European Union greenhouse gas market, the world's biggest. Nations with spare AAUs have ...


Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, CER Carbon Credits, FSC Chain of Custody – Environmental Leader

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Environmental Leader

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, CER Carbon Credits, FSC Chain of Custody
Environmental Leader
Testa Produce's Chicago-area distribution center has been certified LEED Platinum, making it the first refrigerated food distribution facility in the country to earn the standard. The new 91300-square-foot distribution center generates a 60-percent ...


Record Surge in CO2 Credits May Hamper Rebound: Energy Markets – Bloomberg

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Bloomberg

Record Surge in CO2 Credits May Hamper Rebound: Energy Markets
Bloomberg
More than twice as many new carbon credits were supplied to the world's second-biggest emissions market this year, damping prospects for a recovery from record- low prices in 2012. The UN Clean Development Mechanism will generate a record of about 320 ...


Airlines to enter emissions trading scheme from next week – eco-business.com

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Airlines to enter emissions trading scheme from next week
eco-business.com
By : Business Green Airlines will have to start buying carbon credits to pay for carbon emitted during all flights into and out of Europe from next week, in a move that the EU hopes will cut the sector's environmental impact and boost investment in ...
AIRLINE TAXES ARE BAD FOR PASSENGERS AND THE ECONOMYExpress.co.uk
European carbon market suffers in annus horribilisAFP
Eurofer expects EC to 'stick to the rules' on climate changeSteel Business Briefing (subscription)

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California Low-Carbon Rules Halted – Wall Street Journal

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California Low-Carbon Rules Halted
Wall Street Journal
Under the legislation, the state aims to cut its total emissions by 174 million metric tons by 2020, with most of the reduction intended to come from a cap-and-trade program on carbon credits. About 15 million metric tons, or 9% of the total, ...
US federal court issues injunction against California Low Carbon Fuel StandardBiofuels Digest
Judge puts California greenhouse gas rule on holdSan Jose Business Journal
Judge blocks California's low-carbon fuel standardSan Antonio Express
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Carbon Disclosure, Deutsche Bahn Sale, Madoff: Compliance – BusinessWeek

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Carbon Disclosure, Deutsche Bahn Sale, Madoff: Compliance
BusinessWeek
Plans to have Deutsche Bahn sell shares to the public were postponed in 2008 in the wake of the financial crisis that froze credit markets. The government has said it may sell assets as an alternative to an initial public offering. ...


Green Business Trend: Aiming for Carbon Zero – Small Business Trends

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Small Business Trends

Green Business Trend: Aiming for Carbon Zero
Small Business Trends
The idea is that a business lowers its carbon footprint (along with other noxious gas emissions) created by its operations and then takes extra steps to counteract what footprint remains – typically through buying carbon credits to offset the pollution ...

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