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Wind farmEngineering giant obtains first carbon credits through new wind farm development
15 Jul 2010
Power plantCommission confirms emissions cap for 2013, but traders want details on plans for carbon credit auctions  12 Jul 2010
UPS logoCarbon offsetting service to be extended to 35 countries and territories from next week  07 Jul 2010
Optimum Population Trust announces £10,000 of funding for family planning projects in the UK and Madagascar  05 Jul 2010
WWF-backed report finds companies assessing emission reduction projects are approving projects that are later rejected  29 Jun 2010
Coalition of leading European banks announces plans for €200m Mediterranean Carbon Fund  18 Jun 2010
Clean Development Mechanism carbon offset scheme faces fresh criticism over dubious emission reduction projects  15 Jun 2010
Stock exchange becomes first in the world to offset carbon emissions  15 Jun 2010
South Africa's first commercial wind farm to provide power to Nelson Mandela Bay Football Stadium ahead of crucial England group game  14 Jun 2010
BSI launches PAS 2060 specification, providing guidelines for firms wanting to attain carbon-neutral status  04 Jun 2010
FA announces it has offset World Cup squad's flights through government approved Quality Assurance Scheme  03 Jun 2010
Deal expected to close during third quarter as Tricorona board unanimously recommends deal  02 Jun 2010
Google agrees to buy offsets from new US 3MW energy-from-waste project  02 Jun 2010
As British officials confirm they have made 22 arrests, reports claim pan-European fraud has centred on lax Danish carbon registry  04 May 2010
Prosecutors confirm that four arrests have been made in €180m fraud investigation  30 Apr 2010
US futures exchange operator stakes claim for carbon market dominance  30 Apr 2010
As carbon prices hit record high, France urges commission to go further in war on carbon fraud  20 Apr 2010
But incomplete data makes it difficult for traders to draw conclusions over short-term market outlook  01 Apr 2010
Children's organisation launches new offset-style scheme designed to fund climate adaptation projects  31 Mar 2010
Credibility of CDM receives yet another blow as major auditing firm is suspended  30 Mar 2010
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Stock figuresUncertainty over Copenhagen leads to slow trading week  01 Dec 2009
Offset market quiet as expectations grow that US climate bill will be delayed  17 Nov 2009
Quiet week sees carbon prices dip as a result of worse than expected US unemployment figures  11 Nov 2009
Carbon trading boosted as US climate bill progresses and firms prepare end of year positions  27 Oct 2009
Demand for VERs firm as officials talk up prospects of US climate bill  20 Oct 2009
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Lisa AshfordEcoSecurities' Lisa Ashford explains how a simple change to cooking stove designs can help to cut carbon and improve lives  24 Jun 2010
EcoSecurities makes the case for careful reform of the voluntary carbon market  29 Apr 2010
Lisa Ashford of EcoSecurities takes the temperature of the carbon offsetting sector and finds it in remarkably rude health despite the recession  06 Nov 2009
Lisa Ashford of EcoSecurities argues that, while some new carbon regulations fail to recognise carbon offsets, that should not discourage firms from undertaking offset programmes  19 Oct 2009
Ecosecurities' Lisa Ashford argues the UK government has missed a trick by failing to include verified emission reductions in its new offsetting code  24 Aug 2009
Derry NewmanDerry Newman, chief executive at Solarcentury, outlines how businesses can make money and save carbon through the government's new feed-in tariff scheme  13 Jul 2010
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