]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/financial-incentive Blog Articles Tagged with 'financial-incentive' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/150743?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive A new carbon accounting standard will bolster efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation, thereby creating a financial incentive for saving rainforests, say backers of the initiative, known as the Voluntary Carbon Standar... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/150743?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145213?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive For some time now, governments at the federal, state and local level in Australia have been trying to tempt their constituents to go green, via the financial incentive of rebates. Just yesterday, the state government of New South Wales announced it w... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/145213?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:23:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/143210?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Joseph RommRichard Sandor and his Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) may be doing more to destroy the credibility of the carbon trading market than anyone in the world, as the Wall Street Journal makes painfully clear. I urge anyone considering thr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/143210?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:04:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/142691?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Finding that current spending and activity levels to advance carbon dioxide capture and storage are nowhere near enough to achieve the G8 goals , a new report from the International Energy Agency calls for up to $20-billion in near-term demonstr... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/142691?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:55:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139466?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive A Chilean wine palm, one of the world's southernmost palm species and endemic to Chile, spills sweet sap as it is cut. It falls to the ground, where up to 800 litres of the sugary liquid are then extracted and boiled to concentrate the sugar, making ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/139466?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:21:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/136927?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Even as the US is at the cusp of a $700 bn bailout of Wall Street and stock prices are fluctuating like crazy, both closing keynote speakers former California Governor Jerry Brown and Vice President Al Gore remain optimistic about the state of the US... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/136927?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:11:20 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/132945?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Joseph RommThe House Democrats, like their presidential nominee, appear to be on the verge of walking away from a winning strategy. On Tuesday, I noted, it looked like they were going to embrace the Gang of 10 position on offshore drilling, whi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/132945?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:46:22 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/116005?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Meredith NilesLast week, we witnessed the dairy industry hold their first ever Sustainability Summit for U.S. Dairy. The week long conference culminated in the announcement of an industry-wide commitment and action plan to reduce milk's carbon ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/116005?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:19:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/112511?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Sean CastenThose of us who care about energy and environmental policy have a bad habit: the lazy but rhetorically convenient tendency to refer to energy issues as if they were fuel issues. From solar to coal to uranium, we have developed a shorth... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/112511?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:18:18 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/110787?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Before we get into the nitty gritty, let's make sure we're all clear on what a carbon offset actually is. In its most simplified form, a carbon offset is a commitment that 1 metric ton of C02 equivalent has been prevented from entering the atmosphere... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/110787?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:52:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/106705?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Filed under: Hybrid, Natural GasThe mostly reconstituted AT&T operates a huge fleet of vehicles nationwide in order to keep its communications infrastructure in working order. As such, it has a very strong financial incentive to cut petroleum use as ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/106705?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Sat, 24 May 2008 09:33:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/103987?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Guest authorThe following is a guest essay from Lee Wasserman, director of the Rockefeller Family Fund. (Affiliation provided for identification purposes only; the views expressed are those of the writer only.) ----- Sen. John McCain made a cli... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/103987?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Wed, 14 May 2008 01:13:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/99442?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive By Sean CastenThis is the second in a five-part series exploring the details of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. See Part 1 here. With atmospheric GHG concentrations rising at a frightening rate, we need a full court press to change dir... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/99442?rsstype=tag&tag=financial-incentive Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:03:36 -0400