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CELB-Climate Change - Carbon offset projects in tropical forests with combined carbon, bio-diversity & social benefits. Go

Ocean Chemistry of Greenhouse Gases - Information about research by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) into ocean sequestration of carbon dioxide. Go

Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium - The MGSC will assess the potential for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide in the deeply buried unminable coal seams, depleting oil or gas reservoirs, & brine-filled rock formations found in the Illinois Basin. Go

GHC Protocol Initiative - Standards & guidance regarding corporate greenhouse gas accounting & reporting. Go

Hydrogen Production With Carbon Sequestration - Research over view of the production of carbon sequestering fertilizer made during renewable hydrogen production. Go

How Coldplay's green hopes died in the arid soil of India - Telegraph.co.uk article discusses the outcome of a carbon offset environmental initiative by the rock band Coldplay. (April 29, 2006) Go

Trends of Measured Climate Forcing Agents - Paper by Hansen & Sato (PNAS 2001;98:14778) makes the case for an increased focus on methane & aerosols in the short-term in order to mitigate climate change. (December 18, 2001) Go

ETV Greenhouse Gas Technologies - U.S. EPA & Southern Research Institute (SRI partnership gives independent verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation & monitoring technologies. Go

Care needed with carbon offsets - BBC article discusses the finding that the benefits that come from trees reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide can be outweighed by their capacity to trap heat near the ground. (December 15, 2006) Go

Carbon Footprint - Information for householders to identify & calculate their carbon footprint & tips to reduce carbon emissions. Go

Land-Use Management for Carbon Sequestration - Study of the potential for sequestering carbon from alternative land-use management options in SubSaharan Africa developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Go

DOE Center for Research on Ocean Carbon Sequestration - United States Department of Energy (DOE) view of techniques for storing carbon in the ocean. Go

The GEO-SEQ Project - Describes U.S. public-private research & development on methods for capture & geologic sequestration of CO2. Go

Act on CO2 - UK Government campaign, with help & advice for consumers to help them reduce CO2 their emissions. Go

The Royal Society - The role of land carbon sinks in mitigating global climate change - A report that highlights the considerable uncertainty in the scientific understanding of the causes, magnitude & permanence of the land carbon sink. The full report (27 pages) & a summary are available. (July, 2001) Go

Carbon Sequestration - Information about the US Department of Energy's portfolio of R&D programs into Carbon Sequestration. Go

Siberia II - Project Website - Multinational study to demonstrate the viability of full carbon accounting on a regional basis using the environmental tools & systems available to us today & in the near future… Site gives news, data & other information. Go

The Gold Standard - An NGO-backed tool that generates premium carbon credits & promotes sustainable development. It's a source of information for all stakeholders involved in CDM/JI projects. Go

CO2 emissions - Listing of CO2 emissions by country compiled by the UN. Go

U.S. Agriculture & Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2001 - A comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions & sinks in U.S. agriculture & forests. Provides extensive, in-depth emissions & sinks estimates for livestock, cropland, & forests, as well as energy consumption in livestock & cropland agriculture (March 1, 2004) Go

Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership - The Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership addresses CO2 emissions & seeks the most suitable technologies, regulations, & infrastructure needs for carbon capture, storage & sequestration, both terrestrial & geologic. Go

Safe Climate for Business - A website dedicated to helping business of all sizes to understand & take action on climate change. Go

Carbon Mitigation Initiative - Website providing information about a joint research project of Princeton University, BP & the Ford Motor Company into impacts of climate change & measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The site includes research papers that can be downloaded. Go

Sleipner CO2 project - Animation showing the separation process of CO2 & natural gas as used by Statoil prior to underground CO2 storage. Go

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center - Investigating the performance of technologies to mitigate & monitor greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Go

CarboEurope - A EU-funded research project designed to better understand, quantify & predict under current & future scenarios the carbon balance of Europe. Go

CO2 Capture Project - Describes efforts by eight of the world's leading energy companies to reduce the cost of CO2 capture from combustion sources & to develop methods for safely storing carbon dioxide underground. Go

What You Can Do: Go Carbon Neutral - The David Suzuki Foundation gives tips for becoming carbon neutral. Go

DOE: Carbon Sequestration R&D - U.S. Department of Energy program of research & other efforts to develop mid- to long-term solutions for reducing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, including sequestration in oceans, geologic formations, & terrestrial ecosystems. Go

The Carbon Fund - The Carbon Fund is financing & promoting the protection, restoration & enhancement of forests all over the world through carbon sequestration, an important tool in preventing global climate change. Go

CO2nned - New Internationalist Magazine special issue on carbon offsets. (July 1, 2006) Go

Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems (CSiTE) - U.S. DOE research aimed at enhancing carbon capture & long-term sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Go

Planting trees to save planet is pointless, say ecologists - The Guardian UK article discusses findings that most forests do not have an effect on global temperature. (December 15, 2006) Go

MIT Carbon Capture & Sequestration Technologies - Background information & details of research projects. Go

BBC: Carbon emissions show sharp rise - The growth in global carbon dioxide emissions accelerated sharply around the year 2000, a new analysis shows. (November 27, 2006) Go

Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum - Information about the CSLF & its activities, including endorsed projects, papers & presentations. Go

CIRENE (Center of Initiative & Research on Energy & the Environment) - Information about syntheses & studies to solve problems of industrial partners regarding greenhouse gases (including taxation, permits for carbon trading, technical-economic studies, feasibility studies for capture & storage of CO2, forecasting studies). Go

Environmental Synergy, Inc. - A service organization providing reforestation & carbon quantification services to corporate clients as a means to offset carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions & promote sustainable forestry. Go

Low Carbon Knowledge Transfer Network - Information about a KTN that acts as a national network connecting organisations such as universities & investors to form communities interested in exploiting low carbon & fuel cell technologies. Go

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