CARBON
| Competitions: | |
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www.virginearth.com |
Virgin Earth Challenge is a prize of $25m for whoever can demonstrate to the judges' satisfaction a commercially viable design which results in the removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to the stability of Earth’s climate. |
eco.goo.ne.jp |
Cool the Earth Idea Contest is calling for ideas for new business models which contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. We are looking for ideas that can be applied to going forward, not ideas that are aimed at expanding the markets of existing businesses. Applicants are not required to have relevant business experience. |
| Events: | |
www.eu-ems.com |
Brussels Carbon Capture and Storage Summit seeks to identify and explore in detail what can be done to clarify and progress the demonstration of CCS, focusing particularly on the issue of finance and regulation. |
www.carbontradeexamerica.com |
Carbon TradeEx America- a comprehensive event in the U.S. connecting climate policy, carbon markets, energy security, low carbon technology, and the green economic recovery. |
www.climateregistry.org |
California Climate Action Registry, Point Carbon and IETA annual event. Navigating the American Carbon World. |
| News Journals: | |
www.cbmjournal.com |
Carbon Balance and Management is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research aimed at developing a comprehensive, policy relevant understanding of the global carbon cycle.'' |
www.sciencedirect.com |
ScienceDirect, Elsevier's online scientific research platform. Search articles, journals, books. |
www.earthscan.co.uk |
Earthscan Journals has a 20 year history as a leading publisher in English on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology for academic and professional, and also policy and general readers. |
www.pointcarbon.com |
Point Carbon is a world-leading provider of independent news, analysis and consulting services for European and global power, gas and carbon markets. Point Carbon’s comprehensive services provide professionals with market-moving information through monitoring fundamental information, key market players and business and policy developments.'' |
www.agu.org |
American Geophysical Union currently publishes a weekly newspaper, eighteen scientific journals, and nine book series. |
| News of Interest: | |
www.nasa.gov |
NASA's Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite is Unsuccessful-- NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit 2-24-2009 crashing into the Antarctic Ocean. A huge loss. |
News Sites/Blogs/Magazines: see news page as well... |
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communities.thomsonreuters.
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Reuters Carbon Market Community. Reuters News and News from the Web. Market Data, Research, Opinion, etc... |
www.ecogeek.org |
EcoGeeks' Carbon Pollution Page. |
www.popsci.com |
Popular Science. Carbon Sequestration news stories. |
wordpress.com |
Word Press Carbon Capture blog news. |
air.environmental-expert.com |
Environmental Expert an online marketplace, but also a source for industry-related information and resources, like publications, events, articles, case studies & news. News & Press Releases- see Articles and case studies at this site as well. |
www.forestcarbonportal.com |
Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal is a clearinghouse of information, feature stories, event listings, project details, ‘how-to’ guides, news, and market analysis on land-based carbon sequestration projects—from forest to farm. |
| Swamps, marshes, peat bogs, river deltas, mangroves, tundra, lagoons and river flood plains (wetlands) contain 771 billion tonnes of CO2, that is one-fifth of all the carbon on Earth and about the same amount of carbon as is now in the atmosphere. Together they account for 6 percent of Earth's land surface and store 20 percent of its carbon. INTECOL International Wetlands Conference www.cppantanal.org |
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| Liquid carbon dioxide is used to remove caffeine from coffee. | |
| "Curbing climate change is about combining technology, finance, and policy in a wise way... If that is done worldwide a carbon dioxide market will follow. Technology is not an unsolvable problem, given time and incentives, neither is financing. The real challenge is policy." www.combatclimatechange.org.pdf |
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