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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Regulated sources determine their compliance by comparing actual GHG emissions data against their allowed emissions.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

Motorcycles are great, but not all states allow for lane splitting, which means you will just be waiting in traffic, with no AC or a comfy seat. There are over 60 million cyclists in the United States, and this number doesn’t seem to be slowing down. has a starting tag price of $6,199. What to do? The eBike Top 3.0

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace. Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. I would buy a Volt for $40K. rolls toward bankruptcy.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman.

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