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High Cost Makes Aviation Biofuel Slow to Take Off
Biofuel-powered airliners shuttled passengers across the United States for the first time this week, carrying with them the dream of more sustainable aviation fuel. But so far the promise of greener aviation remains elusive, and the industry concedes it is years away from making a significant dent in ...

India's richest shrine goes green - The Daily Star
This is why it is more important than ever for India to look ... the carbon offsets or credits offer a lucrative incentive to do so. Businesses can exchange, buy or sell carbon credits in international markets at the prevailing market price.

Dumping waste just got costlier - Stuff
Asked why the council could not buy the units now while the price was low, Mr Harper said there was no money in this financial year's budget to do so. While the carbon credit cost will be passed directly on to the user, Mr Harper said the council still ...

How to Choose a Texas Electric Provider the Wrong Way
Recently I read an analysis by Dr. Dan Wallach on Chuck Kuffner’s blog about how to find the best deal on electricity in Texas. Some areas in Texas allow consumers to choose the provider of electricity to their homes. (But not all – some cities – notably San Antonio and Austin – allow residents to purchase ...

Will Airlines Get Crushed by the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme? - Wall St. Cheat Sheet
why should Europe be able to tax a ... This apart, Tyler estimates that the new carbon credit norms could result in airlines’ costs increasing by almost 30 percent due to the cost of buying energy and emission units, and this could increase over time.

Is Energy Sourcing the Gateway Drug to Energy Efficiency?
Tom Konrad CFA I recently interviewed Richard Domaleski, CEO of World Energy Solutions (NASD:XWES).  World Energy is a comprehensive energy management services firm whose core offering is extremely price competitive energy sourcing (that is, finding an energy provider to supply all of a client's energy ...

Tech conversion: India's richest shrine goes green - BBC News
This is why it is more important than ever for India to look ... the carbon offsets or credits offer a lucrative incentive to do so. Businesses can exchange, buy or sell carbon credits in international markets at the prevailing market price.

Military v climate spending: How China outguns the US on clean energy
SolveClimate: China is spending 1/6th as much as the US on its military and investing twice as much on clean energy technology While China is already boasting "All aboard!" on a network of sleek passenger trains that zip 200 mph and beyond between major urban centres, the United States is still fussing ...

Watching Pennies Pays Off - Canada Free Press
Government agencies, school districts, health authorities spent your tax dollars to buy “carbon credits.” That money went to big ... Shouldn’t that decision be a personal one? why waste tax dollars on this, when electric car drivers will already ...

A Self-Tax for Fiscal Patriots by Doug Bandow
Legislators are battling over extending the Bush tax cuts. Should the "rich" get tax cuts? Congressional Republicans say yes and Democrats say no. But that's really the wrong question. What legislators should ask is: do the rich pay taxes? Yes. In fact, the rich pay a disproportionate share of income ...