Australian Rugby Union today announced the Carbon Trade Exchange would become an official partner of the Gold Coast Sevens – Fever Pitch tournament in October and would also assist in offsetting the upcoming Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney this weekend. The new partnership follows ARU and the Carbon Trade Exchange working together with ARU partners [...]

Reuters 4:10 a.m. CDT, August 15, 2012 Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-california-carbonbre87e0az-20120815,0,2906616.story

WASHINGTON | Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:36pm IST WASHINGTON Aug 15 (Reuters Point Carbon) – California’s seventh-largest city may try to bolster its strained budget by maintaining its 393,000-tree urban forest and selling carbon credits to regulated greenhouse gas emitters in the state’s forthcoming cap-and-trade program. Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske said Tuesday she will [...]

LONG BEACH – Does money grow on trees? Some Long Beach council members want to find out. A proposal to be introduced Tuesday to the City Council asks to determine the feasibility of selling carbon credits potentially produced by Long Beach’s 393,000-tree urban forest to help defray the multimillion dollar annual cost of tree trimming. [...]

LONG BEACH – Does money grow on trees? Some Long Beach council members want to find out. A proposal to be introduced Tuesday to the City Council asks to determine the feasibility of selling carbon credits potentially produced by Long Beach’s 393,000-tree urban forest to help defray the multimillion dollar annual cost of tree trimming. [...]

LONG BEACH – Does money grow on trees? Some Long Beach council members want to find out. A proposal to be introduced Tuesday to the City Council asks to determine the feasibility of selling carbon credits potentially produced by Long Beach’s 393,000-tree urban forest to help defray the multimillion dollar annual cost of tree trimming. [...]

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Calgon Carbon Corp. said Wednesday that its second-quarter net income fell 3.6%, as higher costs offset sales growth. The maker of water and air purifying systems earned $10.9 million, or 19 cents per share, down from $11.3 million, or 20 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Analysts, on average, [...]

Market News <!– end javascript to email the article –>  style=”font-weight:normal; font-size:14px; font-family:verdana,helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align:left” The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Calgon Carbon Corp. said Wednesday that its second-quarter net income fell 3.6 percent, as higher costs offset sales growth. The maker of water and air purifying systems earned $10.9 million, or 19 cents [...]

Over 1.4 billion people in the world live without grid electricity. On average, an underprivileged family spends 15-30 per cent of their total income on kerosene or other toxic resources that actually emit more greenhouse gases than light. Through the use of clean energy products such as LED lights, the potential exists to provide millions [...]