The Wall Street Journal looks at the rise in activity in the carbon market – with 2.7 billion metric tons traded last year, equaling $69.1 billion. With this increase in trading, most major investment banks have created carbon desks. Kind of a carbon market 101 as it doesn’t delve too deeply into either the US or foreign market.

This article is from Reuters and announced that 58 companies, cities and orgs have volunteered to begin reporting emissions to the Climate Registry in June - including Shell, Xcel Energy, Alcoa, Duke Energy, PG&E and the USPS.

Two additional blog posts to consider, both from RenewableEnergyAccess.com. First the story of former NH Governor pleading with the US to devote money to renewable and second a housing project featuring shared renewable energy.

Tags: carbon market, carbon trading, green energy news, Renewable Energy

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