Comments on: GAO rips rip-offsets: “The use of carbon offsets in a cap-and-trade system can undermine the system’s integrity.” http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:41:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: twou http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-33384 twou Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:37:32 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-33384 Often plagued with<a href="http://www.shizen-clinic.jp" rel="nofollow">back pain</a> two years ago, my orthopedic MRI taken, encouraging the rehabilitation, which is somewhat restless Back pain Often plagued withback pain two years ago, my orthopedic MRI taken, encouraging the rehabilitation, which is somewhat restless Back pain

]]> By: jjjones45 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-26266 jjjones45 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:14:37 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-26266 Get happy with free carbon offsets. I did: http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com Get happy with free carbon offsets. I did:

http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com

]]> By: alex http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-24066 alex Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:28:55 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-24066 This report in The Times shows how absurd carbon trading can get: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5257602.ece IMO, the only way to cut emissions is to limit and then reduce the amount of coal, oil and gas we extract, leaving as much as possible permanently in the ground. This report in The Times shows how absurd carbon trading can get:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ tol/ news/ environment/ article5257602.ece

IMO, the only way to cut emissions is to limit and then reduce the amount of coal, oil and gas we extract, leaving as much as possible permanently in the ground.

]]> By: katyyan http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23950 katyyan Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:57:33 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23950 German Utility RWE Meets Climate Targets by Supporting Forced Evictions in China: A report released today reveals that German power utility, RWE, plans to buy carbon credits from a dam in China that fails to meet World Commission on Dams (WCD) guidelines, a breach of EU law. RWE, one of the biggest CO2 emitters in Europe, is buying the credits to avoid having to reduce emissions from its coal plants in Germany. For more, see http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/3580 German Utility RWE Meets Climate Targets by Supporting Forced Evictions in China:

A report released today reveals that German power utility, RWE, plans to buy carbon credits from a dam in China that fails to meet World Commission on Dams (WCD) guidelines, a breach of EU law. RWE, one of the biggest CO2 emitters in Europe, is buying the credits to avoid having to reduce emissions from its coal plants in Germany. For more, see http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/3580

]]> By: paulm http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23927 paulm Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:33:34 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23927 South Africa Scraps Plan to Build Nuclear Power Plant due to lack of funds... <blockquote> Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa, suffering a power crisis that’s limiting supplies to gold and platinum mines, canceled a plan to build a nuclear plant for about 120 billion rand ($12 billion) as a global credit freeze cuts financing. “It’s too big, we can’t do it,” Fani Zulu, a spokesman for state-run power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd., said in Johannesburg. “The bidders were informed after we took the decision at a board meeting yesterday.” South Africa Scraps Plan to Build Nuclear Power Plant due to lack of funds…

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — South Africa, suffering a power crisis that’s limiting supplies to gold and platinum mines, canceled a plan to build a nuclear plant for about 120 billion rand ($12 billion) as a global credit freeze cuts financing.

“It’s too big, we can’t do it,” Fani Zulu, a spokesman for state-run power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd., said in Johannesburg. “The bidders were informed after we took the decision at a board meeting yesterday.”

]]> By: Modesty http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23911 Modesty Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:15:54 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/05/gao-rips-rip-offsets-the-use-of-carbon-offsets-in-a-cap-and-trade-system-can-undermine-the-systems-integrity/#comment-23911 Should be: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-09-151 There's a final digit missing from your link above. Should be:
http://gao.gov/products/GAO-09-151
There’s a final digit missing from your link above.

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