Posts Tagged ‘Reforestation’
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Image: UPS This is Pretty Big News Carbon offsets are certainly controversial and not perfect, but despite their shortcomings they're still a good way to funnel money from the people who buy the products and services responsible for pollution to green projects like wind power, reforestation, methane capture, etc. The end result might not always be 100% "carbon neutral" as claimed, and if it is, it might not stay that way indefinitely, but a small step in the right direction is better than
Tags: Carbon Offsets, Co2 Offsets, End Result, Image, Methane, Money, Pollution, Reforestation, Shortcomings, Step In The Right Direction, Ups, Wind Power
Posted in Green Articles | No Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
| Sourced From PRNewswire.com |SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — The South Australian state of Victoria has become the first in the world to effectively inventory the amount of carbon stored in its public forests, parks and reserves using a carbon accounting system proposed by the Australian government’s cap-and-trade system.“This new information will help Victorian landowners to enter the carbon market, identify reforestation sites and measure carbon on their own land,” said Victoria Environ
Tags: Accounting System, Australian Government, Landowners, Leading The Way, Prnewswire, Public Forests, Reforestation, San Francisco, Sourced, State Of Victoria
Posted in Green Articles | No Comments »
Monday, September 28th, 2009
by Judith Carter As the world struggles under rising levels of air pollution and global warming, carbon offset has come as a ray of hope by motivating firms and governments to decrease their carbon emissions. Carbon offset is a method of decreasing the emission of hazardous greenhouse gases through different means like sustained reforestation initiatives, alternative and renewable energy supply etc. The carbon credits scheme of the 2005 Kyoto Protocol, an international environmental treaty s
Tags: Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, Carbon Emissions, Environmental Treaty, Global Warming, Governments, Greenhouse Gases, Initiatives, International Environmental, Kyoto Protocol, Ray Of Hope, Reforestation, Renewable Energy Supply
Posted in Green Articles | No Comments »
Monday, August 24th, 2009
by Claire Carter As the world reels under rising levels of environmental pollution and global warming, carbon offset is acting as a saviour by incentivizing firms and governments to cut their carbon emissions. Carbon offset is a way of reducing the emission of hazardous greenhouse gases by using different ways like sustained reforestation initiatives, alternative and renewable energy usage etc. The Kyoto Protocol, an international pact signed by almost all nations in 2005 puts limits on emis
Tags: Acting, Carbon Emissions, Different Ways, Energy Usage, Environment, Environmental Pollution, Global Warming, Governments, Greenhouse Gases, Initiatives, International Pact, Kyoto Protocol, Reforestation, Renewable Energy, Saviour, World Reels
Posted in Green Articles | No Comments »
Monday, July 6th, 2009
2 July 2009: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosted a workshop for 16 Chinese Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to discuss UNEP’s Green Economy initiatives and its work on combating climate change, international campaigns, and activities on green construction, reforestation and green technology.UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said the visit provided the opportunity for UNEP “to demonstrate that significant progress can be achieved in the transition towards a low carbon societ
Tags: Ceos, Chief Executive Officers, Combating Climate Change, Construction Technology, Economy, Environment, Executive Director, Green Construction, Green Technology, Initiatives, International Campaigns, Opportunity, Reforestation, Steiner, Transition, Unep, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme
Posted in Green Articles | No Comments »