Carbon Credits

Carbon Monitor Newsletter – August 2010

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bush fire

Read about recent sales of forest carbon under the NZETS and treatment of losses of carbon credits from fire in the August issue of the Carbon Monitor. Volume 15 Issue 5 NZETS Gains Momentum – Price Discovery Remains an Issue Trades have been reported between $18.20 and $18.45 with volumes of 20,000 units being suggested… Read More

Carbon Monitor Newsletter – July 2010

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bulldozer pushing trees

The Carbon Monitor is printed here with kind permission of Richard Hayes from EITG (Environmental Intermediaries & Trading Group Ltd) www.eitg.co.nz . EITG offers advice for both emitters and absorbers of carbon and operates a carbon pool for forest owners to take advantage of the Kyoto Protocol and NZ ETS. goodGround Real Estate Ltd recommends… Read More

Carbon Monitor Newsletter – June 2010

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forest

The Carbon Monitor is printed here with kind permission of Richard Hayes from EITG (Environmental Intermediaries & Trading Group Ltd) www.eitg.co.nz EITG offers advice for both emitters and absorbers of carbon and operates a carbon pool for forest owners to take advantage of the Kyoto Protocol and NZ ETS. goodGround Real Estate Ltd recommends this… Read More

Make Your Own Biofuels

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Biodiesel is able to be made by the average lifestyle block owner – it’s in your power to make a difference! Become a Biodiesel Homebrewer and make this clean alternative fuel in your backyard. Become a Biodiesel Homebrewer Biodiesel can be made from new or used vegetable oils, such as soybean oil, canola oil, sunflower… Read More

Alternative Fuels

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With petrol prices now over $1.50 per litre, filling the family car is probably costing you more than $70 – a figure you would never have believed possible a few months ago. What happens when oil hits US$100 a barrel as now most analysts predict it will? Or if the Kiwi dollar falls fifteen percent… Read More

Carbon Monitor Newsletter – May 2010

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Tree growing from pile of coins

The Carbon Monitor is printed here with kind permission of Richard Hayes from EITG (Environmental Intermediaries & Trading Group Ltd) www.eitg.co.nz EITG offers advice for both emitters and absorbers of carbon and operates a carbon pool for forest owners to take advantage of the Kyoto Protocol and NZ ETS. goodGround Real Estate Ltd recommends this… Read More

FAQ on Carbon Credits

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What is Global Warming and how does forestry become involved? Global warming comes from atmospheric gases trapping light energy in the earth’s atmosphere creating the so called ‘greenhouse effect’. Forests remove carbon dioxide (C02) from the atmosphere by photosynthesis and create wood. C02 is the main gas causing Global Warming. Starting in 2008 C02 emissions… Read More

Emmissions Trading Legislation

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EMISSIONS TRADING LEGISLATION and ITS IMPACT on the SMALL FOREST or WOODLOT OWNER Background The N.Z. Government is enacting legislation to create an Emissions Trading Scheme (E.T.S.). This is set against a background of climate change and the world’s efforts to reduce the amount of carbon being emitted into the atmosphere. The United Nations is… Read More

Carbon Emissions Trading

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Carbon Emissions Trading looks set to revolutionise the way we look at forests and the way we make money from forests. Wood is still good (very good in fact) but carbon removal is even better. Set against the background of climate change the volume of trees will attain new status. Not only will their monetary… Read More

Emmissions Trading Scheme Flowchart

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ETS flowchart 2