Carbon Offset News
16 January 2012
The Scottish Highlands are considered one of Europe's last great areas of wilderness, yet much of the flora and fauna that once thrived here has been driven to extinction by the activities of man. Over the past five years Carbon Managers has planted over 30,000 trees on behalf of its clients to help restore this wild and beautiful landscape. Not only do these trees support some of the UK’s rarest species, they are also essential in helping to reduce pollution, generate oxygen and maintain wildlife habitats - particularly in the UK where only 12% of land is wooded, compared with an average of 32% in other European countries.
28 December 2010
Is it possible that stacking farms vertically in cities would be able to help our food production needs?
16 December 2010
New bill will offer consumers easier
financing for energy saving improvements
09 December 2010
How to adapt to the challenges of climate
change and peak energy
01 December 2010
Celebrate
National Tree Week by planting trees
25 November 2010
As
severe weather is forecast we must do all we can to help our wild
birds
17 November 2010
You can get involved in tracking
regional climate variation by downloading free software in the world's largest participatory computing project
11 November 2010
Land
conversion will increase greenhouse gas emissions
01 November 2010
Helping geeks find more environmentally friendly gadgets
21 October 2010
"Silicon Vineyards" will roll
out in the British Countryside
15 October 2010
Cuts to bodies which look at pesticides
and environmental pollution, and conserve the natural environment
08 October 2010
nef's Andrew Simms gives a tour de force Soil Association lecture
01 October 2010
New Boeing Solar Powered Drone Planned to fly for five years without refuelling
23 September 2010
100 Turbines off Kent coast will generate enough power for 200,000 homes
17 September 2010
1000 MW plant in US Desert to generate
Concentrated Solar Power
10 September 2010
Cattle emissions can be diminished says new scientific research
02 September 2010
Beats competitors with crossover vehicle combining low emissions with driving enjoyment and occupant protection
27 August 2010
Conservation could be key to saving mysterious Slavonian Grebe
18 August 2010
Excellent new book by John Michael Greer
12 August 2010
International donors asked to protect species-rich rainforest reserve from oil exploration
04 August 2010
Finnish Researchers determine that forests are good for your health
23 July 2010
The green building material of the future is wood
16 July 2010
Emissions Cutting Pushed Forward by UK
Government
09 July 2010
New
zerocarbonbritain2030 Report Launched
zero
carbon
britain
2030
is a fully integrated solution to climate change in the UK. It
examines how we
can meet our electricity and heating requirements through efficient
service provision, while still decreasing
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other emissions.
02 July 2010
Scientist Sir David King praises old/new form of
transport for its low carbon emissions
25 June 2010
Rediscovered ancient wisdom uses charcoal to infuse
the earth with productive micronutrients
21 June 2010
UK's largest electric car trial proves
they are practical for urban and motorway driving
11 June 2010
Exciting October event to celebrate
wildlife and environmental filmmaking
04 June 2010
UN passes major new agreement to reduce
greenhouse gases by implementing measures to reduce deforestation and
forest degradation. A UK report shows how restoring UK forests could
save 10% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
28 May 2010
BP claims it has stopped the Gulf of Mexico oil leak with a controversial method, while costs rise and an industry insider suggests there is another leak contributing to the disaster.
21 May 2010
A Staffordshire farm is being held
up as a model of sustainable diversification after starting a £3m
anaerobic digestion plant to make energy and compost from waste
13 May 2010
Positive policies range from a smart grid, scrapping the Third Runway at Heathrow, and a green investment bank; the only major area of disagreement is on Nuclear Power
06 May 2010
The UK General Election and how our misuse of technology is damaging the planet, as the hugely successful film Avatar shows
28 April 2010
River water is being depleted and this is having dangerous effects on rare native species, according to WWF-UK
22 April 2010
The Icelandic Volcano has unwittingly given us a glimpse of a lower carbon future
15 April 2010
The oceans can be utilised as a clean
and renewable form of cooling for buildings
06 April 2010
The main UK Political Parties each have their Green plans - but can they deliver?
27 November 2008
An Australian shipbuilding firm has landed a plum contract to fit Solar powered “Wings” to a giant chinese tanker. These aluminium solar sails generate electricity and also save fuel by catching any breezes that are around – exactly like the clipper ships of yore. They harness the wind to cut fuel costs by around 30%, as well as generating electricity to meet around five percent of the ship's needs. They can be retrofitted to existing designs. The makers SolarSailor say that they will pay for themselves by saving fuel costs in four years.
09 May 2008
If there's a paradise for environmentalists, this Nordic nation of 9.2 million people must be it. In 2007 Sweden topped the list of countries that did the most to save the planet - for the second year running - according to German environmental group, Germanwatch. Between 1990 and 2006 Sweden cut its carbon emissions by 9%, largely exceeding the target set by the Kyoto Protocol, while enjoying economic growth of 44% in fixed prices.
09 May 2008
Engineers, trade unions, farmers and house builders today backed a campaign by Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association to introduce a "feed-in tariff" system that would improve Britain's take-up of renewable energy.
09 May 2008
The future of the world's largest offshore wind farm and a symbol of Britain's renewable energy future was thrown into doubt last night after it emerged that Shell was backing out of the project and indicated it would prefer to invest in more lucrative oil schemes.
30 April 2008
As the government ponders on the creation of 15 new ‘eco-towns’, the UK’s smallest city is already on the way to becoming the world’s first carbon neutral city.
30 April 2008
Following the success of energy-saving initiatives across managed estate, Midlands brewer Marston’s is introducing a similar programme throughout its tenanted and leased pub estate as well at its Wolverhampton head office.
30 April 2008
Vodafone has said it will halve its carbon dioxide emissions by 2020, largely by making its networks more energy efficient.
26 April 2008
The United Nations approved the one thousandth clean energy project under a program run under its Kyoto Protocol global warming pact, the U.N.'s climate change secretariat said on Monday.
26 April 2008
MPs are investigating how best to lower the carbon footprint of
Britain
's offices, shops and factories.
14 April 2008
After ten years of soaring business, the tide is starting to turn against bottled water.
14 April 2008
DHL parent Deutsche Post World Net has set a target to reduce its carbon footprint by 30 per cent by the year 2020. To reach this it will replace 90 per cent of its air fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft. It will also expand its use of hybrid engine technologies and improve its route planning, to ensure the reduction of its road fleet.
14 April 2008
Is
Latin America
is the Clean Development Mechanism’s land of opportunity?
14 April 2008
Energy Saving Day was worth the effort" says the man who came up with the idea
07 April 2008
Britain's leading scientists have told ministers that plans for a new generation of coal power stations pose an unacceptable climate risk, unless greater efforts are made to trap and store the carbon pollution they produce.
07 April 2008
Carbon dioxide emissions from
Europe
's heavy industry sectors rose by 1.1% in 2007, say carbon market analysts.
04 April 2008
Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Costa Rica are in the race for the greenest of the laurels, competing to be the first of the world's 195 nations to go entirely carbon neutral.
04 April 2008
Gordon Brown's pledge to create a string of carbon-neutral “eco-towns” will prove unachievable unless the government buys carbon offsets, the designers of the scheme have warned.
04 April 2008
Scientists and officials from across the world meet in
Thailand
this week for the first formal talks in the long process of drawing up a replacement for the
Kyoto
climate change pact by the end of 2009.
29 March 2008
Using plant-based materials for vehicle fuel was until recently heralded as the answer to the need to reduce carbon emissions from petrol and diesel fuels. But new alarm bells are ringing!
18 March 2008
The European Union wants developing countries to make more effort to cut their ballooning greenhouse gas emissions rather than rely on carbon offset schemes.
10 March 2008
The
Country
Land
and Business Association (CLA) has co-operated with the leading land agents Savills to release a new, free, web-based calculator which will allow farmers and land managers to work out their carbon accounts.
10 March 2008
Householders wishing to install energy generating equipment, including solar panels, will no longer require planning permission under proposals announced early this month
03 March 2008
The lead singer of Radiohead today launched a campaign to persuade the European Union and European governments to commit to annual cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
03 March 2008
Carbon Accounting for Land Managers (CALM) - a free web-based calculator which will allow farmers and land managers to work out their carbon accounts is due to go live on the 7th
25 February 2008
Negotiations are underway between leading offset providers looking to bolster the sector's credibility with the launch of a new trade group
25 February 2008
Planktos, the company hoping to create carbon credits by fertilising oceanic plankton blooms.
22 February 2008
The
UK
's leading gym and fitness equipment retailer Totally Fitness has announced that it is to offset its emissions and go Carbon Neutral.
01 February 2008
A company’s carbon footprint does not begin and end with its own operations. Some of the world's most high profile conglomerates are setting a good example by recognising that they are responsible for carbon emissions generated in their supply chains. and a group of big guns have got together to form the Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC) in order to do something about it.
01 February 2008
Branson is claiming to be the first ever carbon neutral motorcycle company.
01 February 2008
The Mastic Asphalt Council has announced it will offset all carbon emissions produced by its industry.
21 January 2008
British Airways has launched a new carbon offset scheme after its previous programme to offset emissions was described as "risible" by MPs.
13 January 2008
Leading marine scientists have issued a warning that it is too early to sell carbon offsets from the use of iron to fertilise the growth of microscopic marine plants which take up carbon dioxide.
13 January 2008
People living in a Brecon Beacons village are being urged to take part in a survey which aims to make their community carbon neutral.
07 January 2008
Prince Charles has offered to team up with
Norway
in projects to save forests around the world, Norwegian officials said on Thursday.
02 January 2008
Only 1% of British businesses are aware of the scale of their carbon emissions, Carbon Trust research has suggested.
17 December 2007
The UN is to offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its delegates attending the climate change summit currently underway in Bali.
17 December 2007
Vehicle
manufacturer
Land
Rover is using it to offset both its own production emissions and those of some its customers
10 December 2007
Australian Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister, following a landslide victory in parliamentary elections last week.
10 December 2007
IT firm Toshiba has today launched a service that will allow customers buying any of the company's laptops to offset the carbon emissions associate with the manufacture and use of the product.
05 December 2007
According to new research, carbon trading has the potential to halt the destruction of rainforests.
28 November 2007
The market for carbon offsets is small but growing rapidly, according to a July study by Ecosystem Marketplace, a nonprofit that tracks markets intended to benefit the environment.
The amount of carbon emission credits traded in the United States tripled from 2005 to 2006, Ecosystem's study found, with trading valued at $91 million in 2006.
27 November 2007
London 2012 Olimpics ‘One Planet Games’ carbon emissions are to be calculated right down to the emissions caused by the buzzer sounding when a single hit is made in a fencing match.
27 November 2007
Energy giants E.on is to help cut the carbon footprint of the nation’s favourite game
23 November 2007
Tropical nations that prevent the logging or burning of their rainforests could be paid for the carbon they stop reaching the atmosphere, under proposals to be discussed at UN climate change talks in December.
19 November 2007
An internet search engine has launched the first ever ‘offset as you search’ project.
MagicTaxi.com and the woodland trust pledge to plant trees to help reduce customer carbon footprints.
19 November 2007
Virgin Atlantic launches onboard carbon offset scheme
7 November 2007
30 October 2007
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing much faster and will be harder to control than scientists have predicted, a study has found.
30 October 2007
Sainsbury’s has announced plans to give away one million energy-saving compact flourescent light bulbs – about the amount the supermarket giant normally sells in a year.
30 October 2007
Olympic chiefs worried about the environmental damage caused by the Olympic flame are exploring options for a carbon neutral flame
22 October 2007
Over fishing has cut deeply into the North Sea's cod population in recent decades, and scientists now say this important food fish faces a second challenge — climate change.
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