Organisers plan to offset the carbon emissions from the event, taking place at Excel London from 10-13 May, by supporting a hydro-electric project in India through a partnership with carbon management company Carbon Neutral Investments (CNI). The exhibition showcases the latest low carbon and zero emissions vehicles, as well as giving visitors a hands-on test [...]

UBC shelled out $1.5 million in carbon offsets in 2010. Photo by adpowers via Creative Commons. Login/Register BC’s Strange Business of Carbon Offsets Hospitals and schools must pay the Pacific Carbon Trust, but what are they really buying? Why the Pacific Carbon Trust Draws Political Heat Making hospitals and schools transfer tight dollars to corporations [...]

A team of Louisiana scientists is laying the groundwork for creating a new carbon storage industry that could both reduce the effects of global warming and rebuild wetlands along the state’s coastline. Sarah Mack, founder of New Orleans-based Tierra Resources, and Louisiana State University wetlands scientists John W. Day and Robert Lane have come up [...]

THE European Union’s (EU’s) highest court ruled yesterday that the EU can charge all airlines flying to or from European airports to offset their carbon emissions, a move that could threaten the profitability of African airlines like state-owned South African Airways (SAA). Aviation accounts for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon trading was designed [...]