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McCain's offsets What would the use of carbon offsets mean for McCain's climate policy?	David Roberts	13 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, John McCain, politics (all these topics)

An additional note on additionality Carbon projects 'under attack' as U.N. clamps down	Adam Stein	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Kyoto Protocol (all these topics)

Breaking the Bank World Bank should get out of carbon-offset market, says report		11 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:48 PM on 11 Apr 2008 Carbon-offset dealings by the World Bank have been criticized (and not for the first time) in a report released Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies. In the past two years, the report charges, the bank has loaned $1.5 billion to fossil-fuel companies to make minor greenhouse-gas reductions. It then sells carbon credits for those reductions, says coauthor Daphne Wysham, " ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, energy, fossil fuels, news, World Bank (all these topics)

Democratically Challenged Dem delegates will compete to be most eco-friendly at convention		08 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 10:25 AM on 08 Apr 2008 As if the Democratic convention wasn't fun enough on its own, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced an exciting "Green Delegate Challenge" for the August rendezvous in Denver. State delegations are encouraged to buy carbon credits to support clean-energy projects in Colorado, and the delegation that offsets the most of its travel will reportedly get a brand ne ...
Topics: carbon offsets, elections, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

When does additionality matter? Part 3 Almost always, but the reason is more subtle than you think	Adam Stein	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

When does additionality matter? Part 2 Measuring additionality has clear benefits -- and also some obvious costs	Adam Stein	31 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

When does additionality matter? Part 1 The deceptively simple concept at the heart of carbon markets	Adam Stein	30 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, energy (all these topics)

Livin' on a hair Bon Jovi to offset next tour	Sarah van Schagen	25 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, celebrity, green living, music (all these topics)

Or you could just wear smaller shoes ... Reducing your carbon footprint from travel	Joseph Romm	23 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air travel, carbon offsets, climate, ecological footprint, green living (all these topics)

Play with fire and you're gonna get ... offsets? N.J. firefighters puttin' out the flames of the planet	Holly Richmond	17 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate (all these topics)

Climos Def New company wants to seed ocean with iron to sequester carbon		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:24 PM on 05 Mar 2008 Weeks after ocean-seeding company Planktos bit the iron dust, a startup called Climos is plowing ahead with a similar business plan: seed the ocean with iron dust to stimulate the growth of CO2-gobbling plankton, then sell offsets for the sequestered carbon. Climos has announced $3.5 million in venture capital and is backed by reputable investors: Tesla Chair (n�e Pay-Pal cofounder) Elon Mu ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, news, oceans (all these topics)

Slacker credits	David Roberts	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: art, carbon offsets, climate, energy, funnies, green living (all these topics)

Presidential campaign footprints under scrutiny Confused Washington Times disses McCain and Obama on lack of carbon offsets	Joseph Romm	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Barack Obama, carbon offsets, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Strike While the Iron Is ... Whoops, Too Late Plan to combat warming by seeding ocean with iron runs out of funds		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:26 PM on 14 Feb 2008 Planktos, the company that proposed fending off global warming by seeding the ocean with iron dust, has failed to get enough funding to go forward with planned tests. Under the Planktos business plan, iron fertilization would encourage phytoplankton blooms, which would suck up extra CO2, allowing the company to sell carbon offsets. But it was not to ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, news, oceans (all these topics)

Boogie Woogie Google Boy An interview with Google's green energy czar, Bill Weihl	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Feb 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: business, carbon neutral, carbon offsets, coal, energy, energy efficiency, greening biz operations, greenish companies, interview, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

House carbon offsets 'a waste of taxpayer money' Funds for offsets shouldn't reward past environmental behavior	Joseph Romm	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

3-2-1 ... Blast Offsets! Efficacy of House of Reps' carbon offsets questioned		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:10 AM on 28 Jan 2008 Some greens and congressfolk are questioning the efficacy of the U.S. House of Representatives' recent purchase of $89,000 in carbon offsets as part of their greening the Capitol initiative. "It didn't change much behavior that wasn't going to happen anyway," said Joseph Romm of the Center for American Progress. "It just, I think, demonstrated why offsets are controversi ...
Topics: carbon offsets, climate, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

The Splice of Rice in China GM crops reduce emissions and could be used as carbon offsets, says biotech company		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:51 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Money paid to offset greens' sins by emission could go toward planting of genetically modified crops in China, if biotech company Arcadia Biosciences gets its way. Arcadia says its rice requires less nitrogen fertilizer, and farmers planting it should be rewarded with carbon credits for reducing their emissions of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. The comp ...
Topics: agriculture, carbon offsets, China, GMOs, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics)

Let Your Commission Be Your Guide Federal Trade Commission reviews environmental marketing guidelines		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 9:59 AM on 08 Jan 2008 With consumers becoming more and more concerned about greenwashing, the Federal Trade Commission has agreed to review its voluntary environmental marketing guidelines. Today the agency is holding a public forum addressing carbon offsets and renewable energy credits, the first in a series of workshops designed to review the guidelines, which have not been updated ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, greenwashing, news (all these topics)

The so-so Voluntary Carbon Standard New standard for carbon offsets is unimpressive	Joseph Romm	21 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate, climate change mitigation, energy (all these topics)

CCX marks the spot House buys carbon credits through Chicago Climate Exchange	Joseph Romm	20 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon offsets, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

To Market, to Market, to Buy a Carbon Offset Groups announce voluntary carbon standard for offset market		19 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 3:39 PM on 19 Nov 2007 In an attempt to rebut accusations that buying and selling carbon offsets amounts to a whole lotta nothin', a coalition of three groups has announced new voluntary standards for the international offset market. The standard attempts to verify that money spent on carbon offsets goes directly to a project that does indeed help the climate. Says Mark Kenber of L ...
Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, news (all these topics)

Fiji Whiz Fiji Water announces plan to become carbon negative		07 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 4:22 PM on 07 Nov 2007 A bold new plan to bypass carbon neutrality and become carbon negative has been announced by, of all things, a bottled-water company. Fiji Water has announced specific goals to pursue renewable energy, forest preservation, and water conservation, and will buy carbon offsets to cover 120 percent of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Which is good and all, says Jon Coifman of the Natural Resources Defense Co ...
Topics: carbon offsets, climate, Fiji, food, news (all these topics)

U.S. Mayors Climate Conference: Gore II Gore: carbon credits and offsets a good thing if used responsibly	David Roberts	02 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, carbon offsets (all these topics)

Me in Fast Company	David Roberts	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, carbon offsets, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

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