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BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Ben Elgin	Another Inconvenient Truth Behind the feel-good hype of carbon offsets, some of the deals don't deliver.
CFO January 1, 2008 John Goff	Carbon Trading The carbon offset market is set to take off. But at this point, the future worth of a carbon commodity is tough to call. Could U.S. businesses end up buying a lot of hot air?
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PC Magazine March 17, 2008 Isabelle Groc	Giving Back to the Friendly Skies Carbon offsets can be a good way to reduce your traveling carbon footprint, but be wary of green scams.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2009 Elgin & Einhorn	China: Climate Change or Hot Air? The mainland earns billions in carbon-offset sales. But by taking credit for projects that would have been built anyway, it may not be playing by the rules.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Laura Cohn	What Price Pollution? In Europe, the Kyoto Protocol is spurring a brisk market in emission credits. Under the program, banks and exchanges are preparing to service some 12,000 industrial installations across the EU.
Chemistry World November 24, 2011 Hepeng Jia	China's emissions still surging China's carbon dioxide emissions have kept growing quickly, shadowing worldwide efforts to fight global warming.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel	Turn Smog Into Money This new exchange-traded investment lets you profit from carbon credits.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Robert F. Keane	The Green Advisor: Cleaner Air and Cash Many critics have failed to look at the carbon cap and trade market that is already functioning in this country on a voluntary basis.
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher	Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.
Inc. December 2008 Tess Taylor	Going Carbon Neutral These companies all fund projects certified by the Voluntary Carbon Standard or the Gold Standard.
Fast Company November 1, 2007 David Roberts	Are Carbon Offsets a Cop-Out? Fighting climate change may have become a crusade -- but it's no sin to do the easiest thing first. Carbon dioxide is fungible, like money -- not personal, like sin.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Susan Arterian Chang	Carbon Commerce The Europeans have demonstrated beyond doubt that the right to emit CO2 is destined to be a major internationally traded asset -- but their experience to date also exemplifies some of the pitfalls the rest of the world faces in establishing such trading systems.
Wired May 19, 2008 Spencer Reiss	Carbon Credits Were a Great Idea, But the Benefits Are Illusory Carbon offsets -- and emissions-trading schemes, their industrial-scale siblings -- are the environmental version of subprime mortgages.
Outside April 2007 Joe Lindsey	Where Do You Get Offset? Carbon offsets are reductions in one place that cancel out emissions in another. But are you sure your offset retailer is selling a legitimate product? Are you using offsetting as a license for indulgence. Take our free self-audit.
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Thomas Duesterberg	The Competitive Edge -- Cap-and-Trade Would Be a Major Mistake U.S. manufacturers face significant cost disadvantages if current proposals are enacted.
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BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 Ben Elgin	Chevy's Carbon Plan: Less Than Meets the Eye The carmaker will buy carbon offsets if you buy a Chevy. But the carbon reductions may likely be less than promised.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Ben Elgin	A Big Loophole in Cap and Trade How companies may be rewarded under the cap-and-trade system for green projects they already had in the works.
IEEE Spectrum November 2011 Peter Fairley	Germany Folds on Nuclear Power Berlin's decision to shut down reactors means tough energy choices ahead
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Chemistry World February 8, 2010 Rebecca Renner	Coming clean on emissions outsourcing Industrialized countries 'outsource' a large proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions associated with manufacturing the items they consume, according to a new study that, for the first time, details this outsourcing on a global basis.
Chemistry World January 16, 2012 Yan Yan	China mulls tax on carbon emissions Following more encouraging sounds from the Chinese government at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, on reducing carbon emissions a proposal to levy a carbon tax is moving up the policy agenda.
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Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint.
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Geotimes February 2006 Naomi Lubick	Trees Confound Global Warming The potential canceling-out effects of trees' low reflectivity for carbon sequestration raise questions as to whether tree planters should get carbon credits in North America, as outlined in the Kyoto Protocol.
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 William Sweet	Energy & Climate: All Talk, No Action? Europe's made significant progress regarding global warming, but not toward energy independence
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National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Energy Conservation is No Barrier to Japan's Economic Ambitions Every spring, fierce winds kick up the Gobi Desert's dust and blow east through China, where the dirt blends with pollutants from the growing numbers of factories. The resulting mixture travels across the Sea of Japan.
Geotimes May 2007 Josh Trapani	A Political Comment on ... Proposals to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the 110th Congress Establishing a nationwide market-based system for greenhouse gases may be one of the most difficult legislative steps for Congress to take, due largely to the potential environmental, economic and social consequences.
National Defense August 2009 Frodl & Manoyan	Cap-and-Trade: The Triumph of Politics Over Economics, Science The cap-and-trade bill currently in Congress has not been designed to address the challenge of climate change or even put a good economic model in place to solve emissions reductions, but rather to overcome political resistance.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Mark Scott	Banks: Gearing Up for Carbon Trading While the federal plan to trade carbon emission credits are a ways off, banks already are preparing for what they see as a new profit.
Chemistry World August 21, 2009 Hepeng Jia	China's emissions to peak early A new report suggests that China's carbon emissions could peak in 2030, twenty years earlier than previously estimated.
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops	Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing.
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Paul McFedries	Changing Climate, Changing Language That humans are having a negative effect on the world's climate is almost universally regarded as a fact in scientific circles, but global warming stubbornly remains in the realm of fantasy in some political and business circles.
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