ChooseRenewables launches green electricity service

(ClimateRadar.com) A new American startup called ChooseRenewables.com, has launched, to help consumers choose green electricity, conserve energy, offset their emissions and generate their own renewable electricity.
http://www.chooserenewables.com/

Carbon footprint enters Oxford Dictionary

(ClimateRadar.com) Carbon footprint has now become part of the popular vernacular as it enters the new version of Oxford Dictionary.
http://www.oed.com/news/ 

New Zealand announces carbon trading scheme

(ClimateRadar.com) New Zealand announced that it was launching a new carbon trading scheme.
http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/

Fleishman-Hillard becomes carbon neutral

(ClimateRadar.com) Fleishman-Hillard International Communications announced the creation of its worldwide Sustainability Communications practice. The practice is designed to counsel clients on policy and work with them to articulate views and actions on critical resource management issues such as fossil fuel consumption, water conservation, and CO2 emissions.
http://www.fleishman.com/point-of-view/News/pr091907.html

Qantas goes carbon neutral

(ClimateRadar.com) The Qantas Group today launched a Carbon Offset Program, backed by a pledge to offset the carbon emissions of every international and domestic Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar flight. “Qantas will pay to offset the equivalent of approximately 40,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases associated with these flights, with the money to be used to plant [...]

Venture Capital reaping Billions

 
(ClimateRadar.com) European venture capital investors are on track to realise annualised gross returns above 50% from investment in clean energy companies, according to the second annual European Clean Energy Venture Returns Analysis, completed by New Energy Finance to coincide with the European Energy Venture Fair 2007, taking place this week in Zurich.
http://www.newenergyfinance.com/docs/Press/2007-09-18_Venture_Investors_in_Clean_Energy.pdf 

CHINA: Renewable energy accounted for 8% in 2006

(ClimateRadar.com) According to a report from World Solar-energy Conference held in Beijing, China produced 8% renewable energy in 2006, 0.5% more than in 2005. By the end of 2006, China’s solar energy heaters grew to a scale of 90 million square meters, accounting for 75.8% of the world’s total holding. According to China’s medium and [...]

New British Academic Center to receive £1b funding

(ClimateRadar.com) The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has been attributed to The Midlands Consortium. The Midlands Consortium is comprised of the universities of Birmingham, Loughborough and Nottingham – all with extensive and complementary energy related research activities. The [...]

Businesses must support emissions reduction, top UN official says

(ClimateRadar.com) The private sector must support industrialized countries’ serious emission reduction commitments to curb climate change and maintain the momentum of the system of exchanging emissions on the ‘carbon market,’ the top United Nations climate change official said today.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23882&Cr=climate&Cr1=change 

Nine companies commit to carbon footprint products

 
(ClimateRadar.com) Following the carbon footsteps of Walkers Crisps and Innocent Drinks, nine more companies are joining the carbon labeling bandwagon and working with the Carbon Trust in labeling their products. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Cadbury Schweppes, have joined the cabron labeling scheme managed by The Carbon Trust.
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/about/presscentre/190907_Partner+announcement.htm 
http://www.carbon-label.co.uk/