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California ARB issues official notification for Feb GHG allowance auction

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has issued its official Auction Notice for the California Cap-and-Trade Program Greenhouse Gas Allowance Auction on 19 February 2013—the second official auction. offer 12,924,822 2013 current vintage allowances and 9,560,000 year 2016 future vintage allowances for sale.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Last week, Volkswagen provided a close-up look at one of the projects in which it is investing: the Garcia River Conservation-Based Forest Management Project, located in Mendocino County, California. TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 hack and squirt).

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