Filed under: Carbon Offset, Green Daily
Another airline has decided to give passengers the option to offset your carbon emissions when purchasing plane tickets. The latest carbon offset entrant is clickair, a low-cost company based in Barcelona, Spain. The story is that, due to Barcelona’s airport placement between two lagoons and a protected area, the airline’s […]
Filed under: Carbon Offset, Green Daily
In Robbinsville, New Jersey, the Professional Fire Fighters Local 3786 has see the light. Used to fighting fires around town, the fire fighters have gone green to help fight global warming. Compact florescent light bulbs and and other energy saving measures were implemented at the firehouse, but the big red […]
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Carbon Offset, European Union
Photo: Stephane De Sakutin, AFP/Getty Images
In addition to making great music (OK Computer remains one of this blogger’s favorite listens), Radiohead tries to make a difference from an ecological standpoint. The band is going to great lengths to reduce the carbon emissions associated with its concert tour. […]
Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives, Carbon Offset, Green Daily
Photo by Diliff, Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
We’re quite familiar with the idea of music tours going green with acts such as Bonnie Raitt, Panic! At The Disco and Barenaked Ladies having been reported on here at AutoblogGreen. All of these tours were being […]
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Carbon Offset, Green Daily
The first hints that low-mpg cars were sinful in the eyes of the Catholic Church came last fall, when a spokesman for Pope Benedict XVI confirmed that the Pope would use an April 2008 address to the UN as a way to speak to the moral implications […]
Filed under: Biodiesel, Kia, Carbon Offset, Africa
Let’s set this story up by placing the players on a map. First, Kia, which is a South Korean automobile company. Secong, Mali, which is a country in Africa. Third, Kia Netherlands, which sells the Korean cars in Holland.
Now that we’re clear on who’s where, here’s the story: […]
Filed under: HUMMER, Carbon Offset, Legislation and Policy
California bill SB 1374, if passed and signed into a law, would allow any car to join the HOV sticker program as long as that vehicle is carbon neutral. This would mean someone driving alone in a Hummer could legally be allowed into the HOV lane, if the […]
Filed under: Carbon Offset
Delivery services like DHL are very efficient operations that get your package from point A to point B at the lowest possible cost, but the company’s mega-fleet spews CO2 by the truckload. In the Asia Pacific region, DHL has started Gogreen Express to give environmentally conscious shippers the ability to choose carbon-neutral […]
Filed under: Etc., Carbon Offset, Green Daily
It’s a minor change, but over at TerraPass, the carbon-offset-powers-that-be have added a comparison bar to the online emissions calculator. Now, when you input information to figure out how much your indulgence TerraPass CO2 offset sticker will cost you, you’ll also see a yellow bar that compares your annual […]
Filed under: Carbon Offset, European Union, Japan, USA
NYSE-Euronext, the company that manages the NY Market Exchange, as well as some European markets and French savings bank Caisse des Depots, have announced Bluenext. It’s a carbon rights trading scheme which labels itself as “the global environmental exchange,” although they define themselves as able to trade any […]