CO2 Australia and Yonderr (a subsidiary of CO2 Australia), in partnership with Rip Curl, are pleased to announce they will be offsetting the carbon emissions of the Rip Curl Pro Surfing Event at Bells Beach, Torquay, Victoria which will be held from 27 March to 7 April, 2013. The carbon emissions being offset include the [...]

LOS ANGELES LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Climate Action Reserve, North America’s premier carbon offset registry, and Parhelion Underwriting Ltd., the leading innovator for carbon market insurance products, today announced a unique, strategic alliance to support the delivery of the first insurance product for compliance offset credits in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. Under this alliance, Parhelion is offering insurance [...]

English Defence League supporters took to the streets of Woolwich and threw missiles at police after the suspected terrorist killing earlier in the day. Elsewhere, two men were arrested following separate attacks on mosques. In Woolwich, a group of between 75 and 100 men gathered at The Queen’s Arms pub on Burrage Grove, where they [...]

A man reported to be a serving soldier has been hacked to death in Woolwich, south east London, in what is being treated as a terrorist attack. Dozens of weapons – including a number of knives – and pools of blood could be seen on the ground in John Wilson Street, where a man said [...]

Cap-Op Energy opens the first Program of Activities (PoA) for pneumatic instrument conversions in British Columbia, potentially saving hundreds of thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Oil and Gas producers with distributed facilities in British Columbia are now able to join Cap-Op Energy’s clients in this aggregation project so long as they have converted [...]

Ricoh Australia has used PacPrint as the launchpad for a carbon offset program to enable clients to print and copy totally carbon neutrally. The vendor has also announced it has become the first imaging industry vendor in Australia to attain a carbon neutral status, with certification from New Zealand-based Carbon Zero. David Phillips, general manager [...]

President Barack Obama says Americans will support victims of the Oklahoma tornado by “opening our homes and hearts to those in need”. Rescue teams spent the day desperately searching for survivors of the twister, described by Mick Cornett, the Mayor of Oklahoma City, as “the storm of storms”. At least 24 people are known to [...]

Details are emerging of how teachers saved the lives of their pupils during the devastating tornado in Oklahoma which claimed at least 24 lives. As the search effort winds down with rescuers saying they are “98% sure” they will find no more survivors in the aftermath of the massive twister that destroyed the suburb of Moore, [...]

Related Links Click here to view this article in its original format. <!– Related Links Click here to view this article in its original format. –> As part of its commitment to become carbon neutral, Microsoft charges an internal carbon fee and has invested over $4 million into carbon offset and renewable energy projects since [...]

The airline industry favours offsetting carbon emissions by buying carbon credits rather than participating in an industry-wide cap-and-trade system, Tony Tyler, ceo of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. The industry has a choice of three market-based solutions being proposed by the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for the aviation industry to [...]