Farmers get money for capturing carbon

Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil.

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All we have heard in recent years is how those greedy Republicans were slaves to big oil companies, however it seems the tables have turned. The climate change movement seems to have its fair share of folks on the other side of the aisle that stand to win big should it pass.

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Some airlines are starting to do it. Some Northwest ski resorts, too. Not to mention event organizers. They're inviting people like you to pay a little bit extra to offset the global warming pollution resulting from an activity such as a trip.

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If carbon cap-and-trade becomes a reality, get ready for a potential multi-trillion dollar commodities market that could sprout up quickly, but not without growing pains.

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a call has been given by Al Gore that there should be an immediate moratorium on coal fired power plants. Look at how this will impact India. More than half of the 8,00,000 mega watts of power India plans to produce by 2030 are to come from coal fired plants.

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Once considered blue sky technology, there's a growing view that biochar is Australia's great black hope in the fight against climate change.

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A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.

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In the fields around this giant chemicals factory in Gujarat, the barren soil smells of paint stripper and the water from the well makes you gag.

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A farmer's view on carbon credits

This article is a cross posting from another website with permission. It is the response of a farmer when told that he could qualify for carbon credits from his farm operation.

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The world should dump the "inefficient and ineffective" Kyoto protocol and replace it with a global carbon tax, leading economist William Nordhaus said yesterday.

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The European Commission has called for a global carbon trading market as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The EU is already committed to expanding its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), but now it is urging other industrialised countries to join in.

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Great first step, but I was disappointed that the burned off fumes aren't used to power a generator to create electricity. Let's keep going toward the goal of energy independence. Every little bit helps.

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Russia, holder of the world's biggest surplus of carbon-dioxide credits under the Kyoto Protocol global-warming treaty, won't sell them to other nations, an official said at the United Nations climate talks.

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger got the support this week of President-elect Barack Obama to take on global warming. The duo are pushing world leaders to complete a treaty on climate change by December 2009.

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MANAUS, Brazil (AFP) – Growing concern over climate change, and the potential of the carbon credit market, could give the Amazon forest a financial value rivalling the lucrative activities that are eating it away, Brazilian officials believe.

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Our world, our old world that we have inhabited for the last 12,000 years, has ended, even if no newspaper in North America or Europe has yet printed its scientific obituary.

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California is making it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores, figures that take into account emissions from vehicle use and fuel production.

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In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

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Environment Minister Hilary Benn again rebuffed calls this week for WW2-style energy rationing to return to the UK.

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Free market solutions only work in a Free Market. 1) China will not participate in the Free market unless it benefits them. 2) OPEC is not a Free Market player. How can you have a free market solution for energy until it is a Free Market?

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An interview with Dr. Mark Trexler who did one of the first studies of retail carbon credits, and blew the lid off the industry.

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One things for sure, post Super Tuesday with Governor Mike Huckabee far behind, Mitt Romney out, and McCain the all but crowned Republican nominee, the US is getting a cap and trade system for carbon. The question is which one.

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I guess I missed this when it first happened, but in November the Democrat-led House of Representatives voted to set aside nearly $90,000 to offset carbon emissions associated with our esteemed legislators' activities.

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Emerging technologies could pull carbon dioxide straight from the air to potentially attack global warming directly.

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The government-funded project, a first-of-its-kind for India, will entail sprinkling 20 tonnes of iron powder over a 2,500 sq. km area in the Scotia Sea.

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