Tag Archives: United States

Taking Off With Carbon Kiosk At San Francisco Airport

Airlines striking deals with carbon offsetters might not like this development, but we sure do: San Francisco International Airport will soon be offering certified carbon offset credits for purchase at kiosks inside the airport.
It is the first airport to offer such kiosks in the world. The only thing we don’t like about the service is [...]

Carbon Offsetting Is No Small Potatoes For spud!

You might see their little purple delivery truck zooming around a street near you –– if you live in the Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles or Vancouver areas. Painted with the word spud! (for Small Potatoes Urban Delivery), the little green grocer on wheels is setting a fine example for small business owners everywhere.
By [...]

Ten Carbon Offset Providers Explain Why They Do It For Love And/Or Money

If you are representing a business, or just want to buy carbon offsets to lighten your personal carbon load, no doubt you’ve been confused as to where you put your money. Prices for offsets can vary wildly from $10 to $25 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, and its equivalent (not all greenhouse gases are [...]

Isaac Berzin - The Algae for Biofuel Pioneer

Berzin Discusses Carbon Sequestration, the Future of Biofuel and the Fate of Our Earth

Scientists dream about a massive machine that can suck up carbon dioxide, curing overnight –– or at least within our lifetime –– our ailing planet from warming up at a ferocious pace. A NASA chemical engineer working on bioreactors may have come [...]

The Carbon Offset Goldrush –– Who’s Staking Their Claim In America?

If the forecasts are right, the carbon offset market could climb to $1 trillion by 2020, reports New Carbon Finance and that’s only in the United States (PDF) One trillion is a whole lot of money for something we can’t feel, see, weigh or taste.
And it’s nothing resembling Fool’s Gold: According to Plenty Magazine (via [...]

McCain On Global Warming: Destined to Fail or Walking a Fine Line?

Unlike U.S. President George W. Bush, considered one of the worst presidents for the environment in the modern era, both frontrunners for America’s presidential seat have listened to their advisers and are paying attention to what’s important to Americans today. Global warming is on the agenda.
Both Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat, and Sen. John McCain, [...]

The Best Laid Plans are Cool: The Democrats on Global Warming

Obama and Clinton are neck-in-neck in a very hot race for presidential candidacy. But who will be the best Democrat for the planet?
According to Salon, the greatest threat to America’s future won’t be terrorist attacks or national security, it will be the effects of global warming and unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions.
So what are the Democrat [...]

Not To Profit, Part 1: CarbonFund USA

Dreamers, visionaries or sharp business people? Carbon Catablog starts its first in a series on carbon offset providers, who neutralize the carbon of businesses and individuals in the not-for-profit way.
Through this series we’re hoping to make some sense of the voluntary offset market, so our readers can make more informed choices on where and how [...]

It Takes a City, Will San Fran be the First?

Some cities talk about, city planners develop grand plans for making it happen, and governments advocate it, but how real is the goal of making an entire city carbon neutral?
San Francisco’s mayor recently devised a plan that will help make its residents offset their greenhouse gases.