The global market for voluntary carbon offsets almost trebled to 65 million credits in 2007, while the total worth of transactions rose more than threefold to $331 million (€214 million), according to a new market survey by New Carbon Finance.
World Energy Solutions, an online energy exchange operator, announced this week a call for 1.5 million verified emissions reductions (VERs) to be auctioned on 10 June.
Environmental brokerage Cantor CO2e launched a service to help project developers add a sustainable development component to voluntary carbon offset projects to give them "additional economic value," the company announced Thursday.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled on Thursday its plan to restructure Futuregen, a federal programme aimed at developing the world's first near-zero emission coal-fired power plant.
Russia may revise a quota system applied to particular greenhouse gas reduction projects aiming to earn carbon credits through the Kyoto protocol, a government official told an industry conference on Thursday.
Jean-Francois Quenin, owner of Chateau de Pressac, is to be the new President of the Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion, as Hubert de Bouard finally steps down.
I can remember a time when the word "Alsace" only brought to mind dim memories of my 5th grade class discussion on some valley that people were fighting about in one of those big wars. In those days I definitely
WHEN the price of oil reached another record on May 6th, of over $122 a barrel, analysts pointed to attacks on pipelines in Nigeria and turmoil in Iraq as the immediate causes. Even small disruptions to supplies from such places
Sinopec Group's new 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in eastern China will receive its first cargo of Saudi crude in mid-May as it prepares to come fully onstream by the end of the month, sources said on Thursday. The
War has started,' Hezbollah leader says BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut Thursday after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war." "Just in the past few minutes ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Sugar cane and cane-based ethanol became a more important energy source than hydroelectric power plants in Brazil's overall energy complex last year, topped only by petroleum and oil products. The government's EPE energy planning agency
NEW YORK - Gasoline and crude oil jumped to new records Thursday, with gas rising 3 cents to an average national price of nearly $3.65 a gallon and oil crossing $124 a barrel for the first time. At the pump,
Simple plan expected save 86 billion gallons of fuel over the next 10 years WASHINGTON - Struggling with record diesel prices, the trucking industry's main trade group on Thursday introduced a plan to reduce fuel consumption and emissions over the
After New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace in a drama worthy of Euripides, the highly popular Oil Drum website ran an article about his successor entitled: "David Paterson: First Openly Peak Oil Aware Governor." The article highlighted the
French oil major Total said on Wednesday it expects a decision soon to proceed with a new 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in Saudi Arabia. The world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is planning four new plants to add
Iran's oil minister has predicted the price of oil will rise to $200 per barrel in the near future. Oil prices jumped to a record near $124 a barrel for the first time this week. IRNA news agency quotes minister
As global crude oil prices surge to record levels, Asia's two biggest economies are putting aside longtime political friction to focus on their common interests, especially in energy cooperation. Chinese President Hu Jintao listed cooperation on energy and environmental protection
According to the January-April results, Russian pipe manufacturers OMK, TMK and ChTPZ reduced their production. Vyksunsky Metal Plant (member of OMK) produced 499,27 thousand tons of pipes of different types, which is 21% less than in the first quarter of
