Kudos to those in Cleveland responsible for launching the country’s first community based carbon offset fund- the Cleveland Carbon Fund. It is an innovative approach to offsetting your personal or business carbon footprint. Richard Steubi’s Cleantech blog describes the difference between the Cleveland Fund and other offsetting options:
"There are already several options in the marketplace
On August 20th, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio proposed rules governing greenhouse gas reporting and carbon dioxide control planning. Parties wishing to file comments have until September 6th to file comments.
The most interesting aspect of the rule is it proposes to mandate all electric generating facilities in Ohio become participating members in
In my last post I discussed corporations that are using a vast array of accounting methods to calculate carbon footprints. An article in the Seattle-Post-Intellegencer discussed variations found in outputs from household on-line carbon footprint calculators.
While US EPA’s forthcoming rule will address measuring emissions of greenhouse gases from large industrial sources, it certainly appears there are
Have you measured your company’s carbon footprint yet? Don’t worry if you haven’t, in the wild west that is climate change sometimes it pays to wait and see how things shake out. For instance, who would have thought just picking an accounting method for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be so complicated.
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