Offsets

IDEAcarbon report predicts number of CERs issued will double during 2010

New travel booking web site to recommend greenest journeys and automatically offset trips

Businesses will be subject to electricity thresholds under wide-reaching energy-efficiency plan

Industry group argues improvement in standards and tough corporate emission reduction targets are reviving interest in offsets

Ecosecurities' Lisa Ashford argues the UK government has missed a trick by failing to include verified emission reductions in its new offsetting code

Central bank to guarantee small-scale loans for solar and biogas projects

Carbon market quiet as US Senate mulls credit price caps

Government announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by between 10 and 20 per cent by 2020

Energy Information Administration study predicts Waxman-Markey bill will accelerate shift to low-carbon technologies

French-led group awarded $2.9bn tender, as critics question facility's expense and necessity