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Cap-and-trade could boost energy markets, executive says
Mar 9 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kyle Arnold Tulsa World, Okla. - A cap-and-trade program could create a $13.2 trillion industry and result in massive investments in dozens of energy-related markets, says Chansoo Joung, a managing director at the Warburg Pincus LLC private equity firm. More...
House Voice on Energy Independence and Global Warming to Make Case for 2010 Action on Energy and Climate Change
Energy Central - Energy Central, the leading resource in the global power industry for news, events, databases, insight and analysis, announced today that legislative heavyweight on energy issues, Representative Ed Markey, D-Mass., will meet with industry leaders at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum in Washington D.C., February 28 - March 2, 2010. more...
Power Industry Speaks Out On Impending Energy Legislation
Energy Central - Congress is set to possibly adopt the most sweeping environmental and energy law in generations to address issues such as energy efficiency, renewables development and carbon emissions. more...
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EnerNOC Acquires Leading Carbon Management Software Platform
EnerNOC, Inc. - EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that it has acquired privately-held eQuilibrium Solutions, Inc (eQ), a Boston-based developer of enterprise carbon management and energy efficiency software applications. eQ’s leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution enables commercial, institutional, and industrial enterprises to effectively monitor, mitigate, and monetize their carbon footprint through an efficient, comprehensive, and auditable process. eQ’s applications will be integrated into EnerNOC’s existing PowerTrak software platform, expanding EnerNOC’s suite of energy management software and service offerings. more...
NEXANT LEADS CARBON MONETIZATION INITIATIVES
Nexant, Inc. - Nexant (www.nexant.com)announced today that it will be releasing a new study that provides a comprehensive overview of the issues and options related to reducing man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions implicated in global climate change. more...
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A Post Woodstock Perspective on Cap and Trade

By Roger Feldman
It is the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the Moon Mission, the Miracle Mets, and the Joe Namath Jets. Everything was possible in 1969. It was the year before the business cycle bubble burst for a more...
Filed Under Carbon Markets

Carbon Credit: A Passport to Pollute Our Planet

By Ramanathan Menon
Most of us favor protecting the environment. We want green grass to grow, clean water to drink, and blue skies to gaze. We want our factories to find ways to get rid of their waste more...
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Offsetting the Invisible Hand

By Roger Feldman
The proposed creation and treatment of GHG Offsets represents a microcosm of some of the more problematic issues presented by the overall cap and trade program envisioned by Waxman-Markey. Given the likelihood that these provisions more...
Filed Under Carbon Markets

Carbon Accounting: Currency of the Future?

By Lee Barken
With a steady legislative drumbeat towards a formalized cap and trade program, carbon is poised to join the ranks of pork bellies, corn futures and precious metals. Behold, as a new commodity is born. Welcome, more...
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Emissions Trading: A Brief Negative Resume

By Ferdinand E. Banks
Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil (XOM) -- the energy firm that is often Number One on the Fortune 500 List -- has now come to the conclusion that emissions trading (or cap-and-trade) is doomed more...
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