Tag Archives: carbon offsets

To Profit or Not For Profit?

December 19, 2007 – 2:20 pm

Carbon Catalog was started earlier this year to put some order in the carbon offsets buying process. While our database offers an unparalleled starting point for one’s research (it’s like the IMDB for carbon offsets), the onus is still on you – the buyer – to make your money talk.
Even something like offset-buying for staff [...]

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Hong Kong Set To Trade Smog

December 14, 2007 – 7:59 am

(Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Chairman Xu Ping gives the thumb up at first day
quotations of his company in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
In Hong Kong, pollution levels are choking out its residents, where about 2,000 people die every year from its effects. This week, the New York Times reported that the business muscle of Hong [...]

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Should Santa Offset His Carbon?

December 6, 2007 – 10:04 am

If you haven’t sent your wish list to Santa c/o the (melting) North Pole, now might be the time to revise it. With the glaciers melting at a ferocious pace, we are wondering if the elves’ time might be better spent working on creating environmentally-friendly carbon neutral gifts.
But seriously, the big question among environmentalists this [...]

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