Australian travel agency STA Travel is now selling carbon offsets along with airtickets, according to this report in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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This week’s Economist magazine has an article about regulating the carbon emissions offset market.
“ONCE the workshop of the world, Britain is fast mastering an entirely post-industrial art—that of turning something into nothing. As anxiety about climate change grows, the business of selling emissions offsets is increasing along with it. A recent poll by TNS [...]

More analysis on the UK Government’s proposed new carbon emissions legislation, this from Richard Black, the BBC’s Environmental Correspondent. If you were to think of one word to characterize the Blair Government it would be “targets”, and, just as in Health, Education, and other areas of policy, the Government now plans to impose [...]

A BBC 2 Newsnight report tonight on carbon emissions, and the UK Government’s proposal today for legally binding emission caps. The TV programme is available for re-reviewing for another week.
“Britain could become the first country to set legally binding carbon reduction targets under plans unveiled by Environment Secretary David Miliband.
The draft Climate [...]

The EU leader’s summit meeting yesterday agreed to cut carbon emissions from 1990 levels overall by 20% by 2020. Perhaps not far enough, but at least a step in the right direction.
“BBC world affairs correspondent Nick Childs says there is an air of real achievement in Brussels.
But, he says, the compromises [...]