10:10 Global – cutting carbon emissions

[Sheila]

An ambitious project to unite every sector of society behind one simple idea: cutting our carbon by 10% a year starting now.

10:10 was initially launched as a UK project on 1 September 2009, but on that very first day we received an email from Malaysia: "Hi! I'd love to start 10:10 here. What do I do?".

Over 100 enquiries followed in the next few months, until we finally admitted we had to go global.

10:10 is now active in dozens of countries around the world…


http://www.1010global.org/global/about

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a photo

[Sheila]

Merci, rédacteur en chef de la photographie!

[Sheila]

California starts first government-run carbon market

Los Angeles Times
21 Oct 122
Julie Cart

The California Air Resources Board, in a unanimous vote, adopts landmark regulations of greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change and meet targets for reducing pollution.
October 21, 2011|By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday unanimously adopted the nation's first state-administered cap-and-trade regulations, a landmark set of air pollution controls to address climate change and help the state achieve its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The complex market system for the first time puts a price on heat-trapping pollution by allowing California's dirtiest industries to trade carbon credits. The rules have been years in the making, overcoming legal challenges and an aggressive oil industry-sponsored ballot initiative.


http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct...trade-20111021